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fireside

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fire·side  (frsd)
n.
1. The area immediately surrounding a fireplace or hearth.
2. A home.
adj.
At or as if at a fireside: a fireside chat.

fireside
Noun
the hearth
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.firesidefireside - an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
2.fireside - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - 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"
synecdoche - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
Translations

fireside [ˈfaɪəsaɪd] n by the fireside → al lado de la chimenea
fireside [ˈfaɪəsaɪd] nfoyer m, coin m du feu
fireside [ˈfaɪəsaɪd] fire n by the fireside → am Kamin
fireside [ˈfaɪəsaɪd] nangolo del focolare


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By the fireside there is a second man--supposed to be on the watch--fast asleep, poor wretch
One Evening in December as my Father, my Mother and myself, were arranged in social converse round our Fireside, we were on a sudden greatly astonished, by hearing a violent knocking on the outward door of our rustic Cot.
They were very good comrades in their rambles and their fireside communings.
 
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