Hearth

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room and paved with brick, flagstone, or cement.
  • noun. A fireplace.
  • noun. Family life; the home.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The lowest part of a blast furnace or cupola, from which the molten metal flows.
  • noun. The bottom of a reverberatory furnace, where ore is exposed to the flame.
  • noun. The fireplace or brazier of a blacksmith's forge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That part of the floor of a room on which the fire is made, or upon or above which a receptacle for the fire rests: generally a pavement or floor of brick or stone below an opening in the chimney, as in a fireplace.
  • noun. The fireside; the domestic circle; the home.
  • noun. In metallurgy: The floor in a reverberatory furnace on which the ore is exposed to the flame. See furnace.
  • noun. The lowest part of a blast-furnace, through which the metal descends to the crucible. See furnace.
  • noun. A bloomery.
  • noun. Nautical, the grate and apparatus for cooking on board ship.
  • noun. In soldering: An ordinary brazier or chafing-dish containing charcoal.
  • noun. An iron box, about 2 feet by 1 foot 6 inches deep, sunk in the middle of a flat iron plate or table, measuring about 4 feet by 3 feet.
  • noun. In glass manufacturing See flattening-hearth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.
  • noun. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
  • noun. The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.
  • noun. fragments of lead ore ejected from the furnace by the blast.
  • noun. tax formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; -- called also chimney money, etc.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven.
  • noun. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
  • noun. The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
  • noun. A symbol for home or family life.
  • noun. A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
  • noun. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
  • noun. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
  • Word Usage
    "Behind the hearth is a recess in the wall to contain cooking utensils."
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