fireplace

See also: fire-place

English

Rococo fireplace in Hôtel Biron, which houses the Musée Rodin (Paris)

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Etymology

fire + place

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fire‧place

Noun

fireplace (plural fireplaces)

  1. 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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