HEARTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does hearth mean?
• HEARTH (noun)
The noun HEARTH has 3 senses:
1. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
3. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
Familiarity information: HEARTH used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HEARTH (noun)
Meaning:
An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fireplace; hearth; open fireplace
Context 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
Hypernyms ("hearth" is a kind of...):
niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented)
Meronyms (parts of "hearth"):
fire iron (metal fireside implements)
fireside; hearth (home symbolized as a part of the fireplace)
hearthstone (a stone that forms a hearth)
chimneypiece; mantel; mantelpiece; mantle; mantlepiece (shelf that projects from wall above fireplace)
water back (water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hearth"):
fire (a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning)
Holonyms ("hearth" is a part of...):
chimney (a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building)
Meaning:
Home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fireside; hearth
Context examples:
driven from hearth and home / fighting in defense of their firesides
Hypernyms ("hearth" is a kind of...):
abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)
Domain usage:
synecdoche (substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa)
Holonyms ("hearth" is a part of...):
fireplace; hearth; open fireplace (an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built)
Meaning:
An area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
fireside; hearth
Context example:
they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire
Hypernyms ("hearth" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
