fireplace
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
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How to use fireplace in a sentence
It has a lovely rustic feel with plank wooden floors and uncovered fireplaces.
The Hell of the Hamptons: Why the Exclusive Hotspot Is a Mind-Numbing Drag | Robert Gold | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs for pollution, the city has “Spare the Air” days when it is illegal to burn wood of solid fuels in fireplaces.
Clean Crack Pipes for All! San Francisco’s Final Social Justice Frontier | Michael Daly | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the upside, breakfast is included and all rooms have fireplaces and indoor and outdoor tubs.
Near the fireplaces Mr. Roe picked up some stones that had been chipped probably in the manufacture of their hatchets.
The other chambers, having fireplaces, I decided needed no further heat, though the plumber was mournfully skeptical.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
I stood in this new door, looking back at my twin fireplaces, with their plain-panelled old mantels.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton"They may knock 'em off the axles an' make hearths for their fireplaces, and use the axles for posts," suggested Si.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyThe charcoal in the fireplaces came from oak wood, showing that oak forests are overspreading the country.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for 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
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