Meanings
plural fireplaces · alternative archaic fire-place
- An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
Opposite the old church is a Tudor black-and-white cottage, flanked at one end by the Brocket Arms, a splendid 400-year-old pub with stone-flagged floors, a vast inglenook fireplace and a garden full of oak tables and benches for summer evening meditation.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 451 more example
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLCSynonyms: hearthstead
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans kaggel
- kaggelopen hearth
Arabic مِدْفَأَة, مَوْقِد
- مِدْفَأَة (midfaʔa)open hearth
- مَوْقِد (mawqid)open hearth
Basque beheko su
- beheko suopen hearth
Bulgarian огни́ще, ками́на
- огни́ще (ogníšte)open hearth
- ками́на (kamína)open hearth
Catalan llar, llar de foc
- llaropen hearth
- llar de focopen hearth
Chinese Mandarin 壁爐 /壁炉, 暖爐 /暖炉
- 壁爐 /壁炉 (bìlú)open hearth
- 暖爐 /暖炉 (nuǎnlú)open hearth
Czech krb
- krbopen hearth
Danish ildsted, kamin
- ildstedopen hearth
- kaminopen hearth
- pejsopen hearth
- arneopen hearth
Dutch open haard
- open haardopen hearth
Esperanto fajrejo
- fajrejoopen hearth
Estonian kamin
- kaminopen hearth
Finnish takka, avotakka
- takkaopen hearth
- avotakkaopen hearth
- tulipesäopen hearth
French âtre, foyer
- âtreopen hearth
- foyeropen hearth
- cheminéeopen hearth
German Kamin, Feuerstelle
- Kaminopen hearth
- Feuerstelleopen hearth
- Herdopen hearth
Greek εστία, τζάκι
- εστία (estía)open hearth
- τζάκι (tzáki)open hearth
- παραγώνι (paragóni)open hearth
- παραστιά (parastiá)open hearth
Hebrew אָח, קָמִין
- אָח (aẖ)open hearth
- קָמִין (kamín)open hearth
Hindi चिमनी, भट्टी
- चिमनी (cimnī)open hearth
- भट्टी (bhaṭṭī)open hearth
- चूल्हा (cūlhā)open hearth
Hungarian tűzhely, kandalló
- tűzhelyopen hearth
- kandallóopen hearth
Icelandic arinn, eldstæði
- arinnopen hearth
- eldstæðiopen hearth
Indonesian perapian
- perapianopen hearth
Irish tinteán, teallach
- tinteánopen hearth
- teallachopen hearth
Italian camino, caminetto
- caminoopen hearth
- caminettoopen hearth
- focolareopen hearth
Japanese 暖炉
- 暖炉 (danro)open hearth
Korean 벽난로, 난로
- 벽난로 (byeongnallo)open hearth
- 난로 (nallo)open hearth
Latin camīnus, focus
- camīnusopen hearth
- focusopen hearth
Latvian kamīns
- kamīnsopen hearth
Lithuanian židinys
- židinysopen hearth
Malay perapian, pendiang
- perapianopen hearth
- pendiangopen hearth
Māori tahaahi, takuahi
- tahaahiopen hearth
- takuahiopen hearth
- kāngaahiopen hearth
- pākaiahiopen hearth
Norwegian grue
- grueopen hearth
Norwegian Bokmål ildsted, grue
- ildstedopen hearth
- grueopen hearth
- åreopen hearth
Polish kominek
- kominekopen hearth
Portuguese lareira
- lareiraopen hearth
Romanian cămin, șemineu
- căminopen hearth
- șemineuopen hearth
- vatrăopen hearth
- focaropen hearth
Russian ками́н, оча́г
- ками́н (kamín)open hearth
- оча́г (očág)open hearth
Slovak krb
- krbopen hearth
Spanish chimenea, hogar
- chimeneaopen hearth
- hogaropen hearth
- laropen hearth
- llaropen hearth
- fogónopen hearth
- fogarilopen hearth
- fogarínopen hearth
- hogarilopen hearth
Swedish härd, eldstad
- härdopen hearth
- eldstadopen hearth
Tagalog dapugan
- dapuganopen hearth
Thai เตาผิง, เตาไฟ
- เตาผิง (dtao-pǐng)open hearth
- เตาไฟ (dtao-fai)open hearth
Turkish şömine
- şömineopen hearth
Ukrainian камі́н
- камі́н (kamín)open hearth
Urdu آتِش دان, آتِش کَدَہ
- آتِش دان (ātiś dān)open hearth
- آتِش کَدَہ (ātiś kada)open hearth
- بَھٹّی (bhaṭṭī)open hearth
- چُولْھا (cūlhā)open hearth
Vietnamese lò sưởi
- lò sưởiopen hearth
Welsh lle tân
- lle tânopen hearth
Yiddish קאַמין
- קאַמין (kamin)open hearth
Cite this entry
fireplace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireplace
“fireplace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireplace. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fireplace,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireplace.
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