Hearth - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|hɑːrθ|
Brit.
|hɑːθ|
noun
- an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built (syn: fireplace)
he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
- home symbolized as a part of the fireplace (syn: fireside)the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
driven from hearth and home
- an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) (syn: fireside)they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire
Extra examples
They swept the ashes from the hearth.
...all were welcome, friends and strangers alike, to their humble hearth...
...enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time...
The room was warm, with a fire blazing in the hearth.
A log fire was crackling and spitting in the hearth.
Modern ways of cooking have outmoded the hearth
Word forms
noun
singular: hearth
plural: hearths
singular: hearth
plural: hearths
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