warmth of the hearth
- noun
:
calidez del hogar
- The warmth of the hearth made the room feel cozy and inviting, perfect for relaxing with a cup of tea.
Examples
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After a long day, she enjoyed the warmth of the hearth while reading her favorite book.
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On nights like these, the lighthouse keeper recollects a feeling he first felt years ago: a winter night, when, in the quiet of the parlor, in the yellow glow of lamplight and the warmth of the hearth.
Fiction book (1999) -
Families gather around the warmth of the hearth to share stories and laughter during the cold winter evenings.
Synonyms
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1.0
A gentle feeling of heat on your skin
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3.4
The home as a place of warmth and family life
A warm, cozy fire in a fireplace that makes a room feel comfortable
A place by the fire where people sit and feel warm
A gentle heat in a place or from the sun
Antonyms
How Cozy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'warmth' (pleasant heat/comfort) + 'hearth' (fireplace, fireside/home) with the prepositional construction 'of the' indicating source or association, so the sense of cozy heat and home comfort is compositionally derivable. Although 'hearth' can be somewhat literary, the conceptual link is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Warmth of the hearth comes from old homes where the hearth was the family fireplace and everyone sat close to the warmth to stay warm and feel safe. That's why it now means the comforting heat and the feeling of 'home' and 'security'.