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English to English noun
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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
he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
source: wordnet30
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The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built. | | source: webster1913
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