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"he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it" "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"nounan open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
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"driven from hearth and home"nounhome symbolized as a part of the fireplace
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"they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"nounan area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
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Definition that contains hearth
- forge furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
- fender a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
- backlog the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- trivet a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth
- vesta (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
- hestia (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta
- soapstone a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
- soap-rock a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
- open-hearth of or relating to or produced by the open-hearth process
- open-hearth furnace a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it