Hearth
[n] an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
[n] home symbolized as a part of the fireplace (synecdoche); "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
[n] an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room; "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire")
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