fireplace

 

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• fire-place (archaic)

From fire +‎ place.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/

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• Hyphenation: fire‧place

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.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 45:

     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.

• hearthstead

• fireplace match
• fireplace poker