fireside

[fahyuhr-sahyd]

noun

1. Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.

2. home.

3. home or family life.

adjective

1. informal and friendly in manner.

   The politician's fireside manner helped her win votes.

fireside

/ ˈfaɪəˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the hearth

2. family life; the home

Word History and Origins

Origin of fireside¹

First recorded in 1555–65; fire + side ¹

Example Sentences

“I am being dead serious,” Vance said in a Nov. 20 fireside chat with Boyle that was livestreamed on the White House YouTube channel, calling him “the most well-sourced journalist in Washington, D.C.”

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He imagined the hiss and pop of their burning logs gladdening “many a humble fireside.”

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So it turns out, moving in the same circles doesn't just mean better fireside chats in the Traitors Castle.

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He works out of Founders Inc., a waterfront campus in Fort Mason that provides desks, a hardware lab, game room and a stage area for hackathons and fireside chats.

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At a fireside chat held by the Economic Club of New York, Greer said the current average tariff rate with China is here to stay.

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