| NOUN | artifact | hearth, fireplace, open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built |
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| artifact | hearth, fireside | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | |
| location | hearth, fireside | an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) |
| Sounds | hhaa'rth | |
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| Rhymes | Barth ... Hogarth: 3 rhymes with aarth... | |
| Meaning | An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built. | |
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| Synonyms | fireplace, open fireplace | |
| Part of | chimney | A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building |
| Parts | fire iron | metal fireside implements |
| hearth, fireside | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | |
| hearthstone | A stone that forms a hearth | |
| mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece | shelf that projects from wall above fireplace | |
| water back | water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove | |
| Narrower | fire | A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning |
| Broader | recess, niche | An enclosure that is set back or indented |
| Spanish | chimenea, hogar, lar, llar | |
| Catalan | llar de foc, llar, xemeneia | |
| Meaning | home symbolized as a part of the fireplace. | |
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| Example | "driven from hearth and home" | |
| Synonym | fireside | |
| Part of | fireplace, hearth, open fireplace | An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built |
| Broader | dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house | housing that someone is living in |
| Usage of | synecdoche | Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa |
| Spanish | hogar | |
| Catalan | llar de foc, llar | |
| Meaning | An area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room). | |
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| Example | "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire" | |
| Synonym | fireside | |
| Broader | area, country | A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |
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