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fire·place

   [fahyuhr-pleys]
noun
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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Origin:
1645–55; fire + place
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fireplace (ˈfaɪəˌpleɪs)
 
—n
1.  an open recess in a wall of a room, at the base of a chimney, etc, for a fire; hearth
2.  (Austral) an authorized place or installation for outside cooking, esp by a roadside

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fireplace
c.1700, from fire (n.) + place.
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