fireside

Examples

• All

• An old dog snores at the fireside.

  Fiction book (1991)

• After ordering their drinks, she returned to the fireside and sat down.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The African night gradually enveloped us as we sat by the fireside.

  Fiction book (1996)

• They'd play most of the day and then spend half the night drinking and telling tales at the fireside, eating great heaps of little speckled trout, fried crisp, bones and all.

  Fiction book (1997)

• We gathered around the fireside to enjoy warmth and share stories.

• On cold nights, we love to sit by the fireside with a blanket and hot cocoa.

• The children played games in front of the fireside, laughing and having fun.

Synonyms

F

fireplace

vsfireside

190 1.0

An open space in a wall where you make a fire to heat a room or for decoration

focuses on the surrounding paved area rather than the built opening itself

H

hearth

vsfireside

21 5.5

The floor area in front of a fireplace where you build a fire

is the broader area extending into the room beyond that floor

H

hearthstone

vsfireside

1 7.9

A flat stone that forms the floor of a fireplace and the area in front

refers to the whole paved area around that stone, not just one slab

C

chimney corner

vsfireside

• Archaic

1 6.3

A corner of a room next to a fireplace where people sit to feel warm

covers the paved space in front of the fire rather than a corner spot

I

ingle

vsfireside

• Archaic

9.9

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

is the common modern term for the nearby area rather than the old word

H

hearthside

vsfireside

• Archaic

6.5

A place by the fire where people sit and feel warm

is the physical space near the fire rather than the emotional atmosphere

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology