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See more synonyms for hearth on Thesaurus.com the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room. home; fireside: the joys of family and hearth. Metallurgy the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten metal collects and from which it is tapped out. the part of an open hearth, reverberatory furnace, etc., upon which the charge is placed and melted down or refined. a brazier or chafing dish for burning charcoal. Show More
Origin of hearth before 900; Middle English herth(e ), Old English he(o)rth; cognate with German Herd, Dutch haard
Related forms hearth·less , adjective mul·ti·hearth , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for hearth Contemporary Examples of hearth Frederico leads the others around the hearth as they gently wash their faces with cupfuls of warm liquid.
Such Rambo-like defenses of home and hearth do not happen in real life, unless the home also happens to contain a meth lab.
As far as I know, this experience was shared by everyone else around the McArdle hearth .
Or that a Starbucks beverage comes straight from the hearth ?
I am love with the classics and Hearth is my hometown favorite.
Historical Examples of hearth At the breakfast-table, comfortably near the hearth , sat Horace Milbrey.
The hearth bore a uniform appearance, and did not seem to have been tampered with.
He certainly had warmed a snake on his hearth , and how was he to be rid of it?
Seizing the lamp from the hearth , she hastened to the window that overlooked the street-door.
How it came, how it was passed from hearth to hearth , defied our penetration.
British Dictionary definitions for hearth the floor of a fireplace, esp one that extends outwards into the room (as modifier ) hearth rug this part of a fireplace as a symbol of the home, etc the bottom part of a metallurgical furnace in which the molten metal is produced or contained Show More
Word Origin for hearth Old English heorth; related to Old High German herd hearth, Latin carbō charcoal
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Word Origin and History for hearth n. Old English heorð "hearth, fire," in transferred use "house, home," from West Germanic *hertho "burning place" (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian herth , Middle Dutch hert , Dutch haard , German Herd "floor, ground, fireplace"), from PIE *kerta- , from root *ker- "heat, fire" (see carbon ).
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