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fireplace

fireplace

190 1.0
An open space in a wall where you make a fire to heat a room or for decoration
  • noun
  • /ˈfaɪərˌpleɪs/
translation icon : chimenea
  • I am, however, very pleased with my fireplace and I've done that today.
  • a wood-burning fireplace
  • a fireplace mantel
  • a marble fireplace

And and the fireplace had the fireplace tools on a rack.

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Examples

  • Take a look behind the fireplace.

  • First things first, I turn on the fireplace because my bedroom is so cold.

  • So having a fireplace is like my dream.

  • We added in this fireplace and I think the fireplace looks great personally.

  • Now below that is a fireplace that changes colors.

  • Can you at least angle us away from the fireplace?

  • Why don't you, uh, go over there by the fireplace and get warm, huh?

  • Someone was sitting in front of the fireplace on the far wall, but it wasn't Luke.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • This house has three fireplaces and it's very imposing.

  • I love to curl up with a good book near the fireplace on cold winter evenings.

Synonyms

open fireplace
vsfireplace
1 3.0

A space in a wall where you make an open fire to heat or cook in a room

is used for heating and also often for decorative effect rather than cooking
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vsfireplace
  • Archaic
9.9

A fireplace in an old house where people burn wood to warm the room

is the common modern term rather than the old-fashioned form

Compounds

A space in a wall where you make an open fire to heat or cook in a room

How Warm

furnace
93 4.1
stove
95 1.0
fireplace
190 1.0
hearth
21 5.5

Surface Forms

fireplace singular
fireplaces plural

Morphology

fireplace = fire + place (transparent) = fire + place

The meaning is directly that of 'a place for a fire', an obvious compound for learners.

Etymology

Fireplace is made from fire and place, so it simply means a 'place for fire'. It names the built spot in a room or wall where people light a fire to heat the home or sit around for comfort.