fireplace

[ fahyuh r-pleys ]

/ ˈfaɪərˌpleɪs /

the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.

any open structure, usually of masonry, for keeping a fire, as at a campsite.

Origin of fireplace

First recorded in 1645–55; fire + place

Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.

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But let me tell you: I never hit anybody with a fireplace log, first of all.

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I guess you can saw up a boat for fireplace logs, but then where would you keep the chickens?

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The backyard, which is scheduled to open in late April, will have table service and a fireplace.

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Frost would just walk back and forth in front of the fireplace and talk and talk and talk.

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Had that not been the case Bandy-legs could never have fallen down through it to land in the fireplace below.

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He dropped into the high-backed chair beside the fireplace, and, putting his arm about her, drew her near to his side.

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She rose and walked to the fireplace, her elbows on the mantelpiece, and her head back.

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Reading when lying down or from the light of a fireplace is unwise.

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He got the water-bottle hanging on the peg by the fireplace, and brought that to Pell also.

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fireplace

/ (ˈfaɪəˌpleɪs) /

an open recess in a wall of a room, at the base of a chimney, etc, for a fire; hearth

Australian an authorized place or installation for outside cooking, esp by a roadside