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[ fahyuhr-pleys ] / ˈfaɪərˌpleɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fireplace ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth. any open structure, usually of masonry, for keeping a fire, as at a campsite. Origin of fireplaceFirst recorded in 1645–55; fire + place Words nearby fireplacefire on all cylinders, fire opal, firepan, fire pink, firepit, fireplace, fire-plow, fireplug, fire point, fire-polish, fire pot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fireplaceWarm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England. History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST But let me tell you: I never hit anybody with a fireplace log, first of all. Can America’s Favorite Ex-Con Mayor Win Again?|David Freedlander|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST I guess you can saw up a boat for fireplace logs, but then where would you keep the chickens? What Did TJ Mean By “Pursuit of Happiness,” Anyway?|P. J. O’Rourke|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The backyard, which is scheduled to open in late April, will have table service and a fireplace. New York City’s Best New Hotspots This Spring|Sara Sayed, Valeriya Safronova|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Frost would just walk back and forth in front of the fireplace and talk and talk and talk. Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Had that not been the case Bandy-legs could never have fallen down through it to land in the fireplace below. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods|Lawrence J. Leslie He dropped into the high-backed chair beside the fireplace, and, putting his arm about her, drew her near to his side. A Little Girl in Old Boston|Amanda Millie Douglas She rose and walked to the fireplace, her elbows on the mantelpiece, and her head back. The Daffodil Mystery|Edgar Wallace Reading when lying down or from the light of a fireplace is unwise. Boy Scouts Handbook|Boy Scouts of America He got the water-bottle hanging on the peg by the fireplace, and brought that to Pell also. The Bad Man|Charles Hanson Towne
British Dictionary definitions for fireplace
nounan open recess in a wall of a room, at the base of a chimney, etc, for a fire; hearth Australian an authorized place or installation for outside cooking, esp by a roadside Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fireplacestove, furnace, chimney, settle, blaze, grate, hob, fireside, inglenook, hearthside, ingle, ingleside |