Word

hearth, n.
(hearths)
freq. cnt. 3

an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2

fireplace hearth open fireplace

sample sentences

"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"

semantic pointers

part holonym

chimney

hyponym

fire

part meronym

fire iron hearth, fireside hearthstone mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece water back

hypernym

niche, recess