| 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. [Middle English herth, from Old English heorth; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots.] |
hearth [hɑːθ]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building)
a. the floor of a fireplace, esp one that extends outwards into the room
b. (as modifier) hearth rug
2. this part of a fireplace as a symbol of the home, etc.
3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) the bottom part of a metallurgical furnace in which the molten metal is produced or contained
[Old English heorth; related to Old High German herd hearth, Latin carbō charcoal]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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"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" 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" 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" |
Translations
hearth
hearth:
n → Feuerstelle f; (= whole fireplace) → Kamin m; (fig: = home) → (häuslicher) Herd; the kettle was keeping warm on the hearth → der Kessel wurde auf dem Herd warm gehalten; hearth and home → Haus und Herd
hearth:
hearth brush
n → Kaminbesen m
hearthrug
n → Kaminvorleger m
n hearth [haːθ]
(the part of a room beside) the fireplace She was cleaning the hearth. vuurherd, haard مَوْقِد، مِدْفَأه огнище krb pejs; kamin der Kamin τζάκι hogar, chimenea kolle اجاق tulisijan ääri foyer, âtre אָח अंगीठी ognjište kandalló perapian, pendiangan arinn; arinhella focolare 炉辺 벽난로 židinys kamīns; pavards perdiangan haardplaats peis, ildsted, åpen kamin kominek lareira cămin, şemineu очаг krb ognjišče ognjište härd, spis[] พื้นเตา ocak, şömine 壁爐 домашнє вогнище آتش دان کا فرش lò sưởi 炉边
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