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What is another word for hearth?

Pronunciation: [hˈɑːθ] (IPA)

Hearth is a word that typically refers to the area surrounding a fireplace or stove in a home. There are several synonyms for hearth that can be used depending on the context or the purpose of the description. Some of the alternatives for hearth are fireplace, fire, stove, furnace, brazier, and fire pit. These words can be used in poetry, novels, or even commercial ads to describe the warmth, comfort, and coziness that one can experience in their home, especially during the winter months. Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation but all evoke the spirit of warmth and safety that comes from a fire burning in a home.
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Usage examples for Hearth

Anna lay on her back on the floor and the boy was asleep by the hearth with his head in the ashes.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
The cobbler's bench had been put aside for the night and we gathered closely around the hearth.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
She bent down from her saddle to look in at the window; but, except some faint embers on the hearth, all was dark within.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Hearth

  • Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
    Joan Crawford
  • A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts.
    C. S. Forester
  • In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.
    Stephen Gardiner
  • One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
    Vincent Van Gogh
  • The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.
    Germaine Greer

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