[syn: hearth, fireside]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fireside \Fire"side`\, n.
A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or
retirement.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fireside
n 1: an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out
into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves
before the fire" [syn: hearth, fireside]
2: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from
hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
[syn: hearth, fireside]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "fireside":
ancestral halls, chimney, chimney corner, family homestead, fender,
fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireplace, flue, foyer, hearth,
hearth and home, hearthstone, hob, home, home place, home roof,
home sweet home, homestead, household, hub, ingle, inglenook,
ingleside, menage, paternal roof, roof, rooftree, smokehole,
toft