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Meaning of hearth

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hearth
      n 1: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a
           fire can be built; "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"
           [syn: {fireplace}, {hearth}, {open fireplace}]
      2: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from
         hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
         [syn: {hearth}, {fireside}]
      3: an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out
         into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves
         before the fire" [syn: {hearth}, {fireside}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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