Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built;
- Example: "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"- Example: "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"- Example: "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"[syn: fireplace, hearth, open fireplace]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
open fireplace
n 1: 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"
[syn: fireplace, hearth, open fireplace]