hearth

Words with a similar base: hearth

'hearth'

[fireplace.n.01] as in: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

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Examples:
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

'hearth'

[hearth.n.02] as in: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

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Examples:
driven from hearth and home
fighting in defense of their firesides

'hearth'

[hearth.n.03] as in: an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)

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Examples:
they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire