fireplace

Definitions

1. An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
2. stove, range
3. galley, cuddy, caboose
4. vent (as of a firearm)
5. firebox, engine furnace

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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