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noun
- 1. the floor of a fireplace: "the crackling blaze on the hearth"
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The meaning of HEARTH is a brick, stone, or concrete area in front of a fireplace. How to use hearth in a sentence.
HEARTH definition: 1. the area around a fireplace or the area of floor in front of it: 2. a home, especially when…. Learn more.
noun. the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room. home; fireside: the joys of family and hearth. Synonyms: house, abode, household. Metallurgy. the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten metal collects and from which it is tapped out.
HEARTH meaning: 1. the area around a fireplace or the area of floor in front of it: 2. a home, especially when…. Learn more.
1. (Building) a. the floor of a fireplace, esp one that extends outwards into the room. b. (as modifier): hearth rug. 2. this part of a fireplace as a symbol of the home, etc. 3. (Metallurgy) the bottom part of a metallurgical furnace in which the molten metal is produced or contained.
Hearth refers specifically to the paved floor of a fireplace, which may extend out into a room. Hearths are associated with home and family because the hearth was historically the main source of heat in the home, as well as where the cooking was done.
noun. 1. the stone or brick floor of a fireplace, often extending out into the room. 2. a. the fireside as the center of family life. b. family life; home.
Definition of hearth noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A hearth (/ hɑːrθ /) is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos (a low, partial wall behind a hearth), fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
hearth. noun [ C ] uk / hɑːθ / us. Add to word list. the floor around a fireplace. (Definition of hearth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
