fireplace
nounUK /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/ · US /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/
Etymology From fire + place.
1
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Opposite the old church is a Tudor black-and-white cottage, flanked at one end by the Brocket Arms, a splendid 400-year-old pub with stone-flagged floors, a vast inglenook fireplace and a garden full of oak tables and benches for summer evening meditation.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 45:
- Synonyms
- hearthstead
- Derived terms
- fireplaced, fireplace match, fireplace poker