hearth

hearth  (härth)

n.

1. The floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room and paved with brick, flagstone, or cement.

2. Family life; the home.

3. Metallurgy

a. The lowest part of a blast furnace or cupola, from which the molten metal flows.

b. The bottom of a reverberatory furnace, where ore is exposed to the flame.

4. The fireplace or brazier of a blacksmith's forge.

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[Middle English herth, from Old English heorth; see ker-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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hearth

Noun

1. the floor of a fireplace

2. this as a symbol of the home [Old English heorth]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hearth - 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" fireplace, open fireplace chimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building fire - a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked" fire iron - metal fireside implements fireside, hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides" hearthstone - a stone that forms a hearth chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, mantle - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" niche, recess - an enclosure that is set back or indented water back - water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove
	2.	hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides" fireside 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
	3.	hearth - an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire" fireside 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"

Translations

hearth [hɑːθ] n (gen) → hogar m (= fireplace); chimenea

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hearth [hɑːθ] n → foyer m, cheminée f

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hearth [hɑːθ] n → Kamin m

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hearth [hɑːθ] n → focolare m