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fire·place 
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| 1. | the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth. |
| 2. | any open structure, usually of masonry, for keeping a fire, as at a campsite. |
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Fireplace
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| fireplace | |
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| 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" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈfireplace noun
a space in a room (usually in a wall) with a chimney above, for a fire
Example: a wide stone fireplace
See also: catch fire, fire-brigade, fire-cracker, fire-engine, fire-escape, fire-extinguisher, fire-guard, fire-station, firearm, fireman, fireproof, fireside, firewood, firework, firing-squad, fire, fire alarm, on fire, open fire, play with fire, set fire to (something) / set (something) on fire, under fireExample: a wide stone fireplace
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Fireplace
Fire"place`\, n. The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
fireplace
fireplace: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
| On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB |
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