fireplace
See also: fire-place
English
Alternative forms
- fire-place (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: fire‧place
Noun
fireplace (plural fireplaces)
- An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- 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.
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Translations
open hearth
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