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fireplace
CIDE DICTIONARY
fireplace, n.
The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fireplace, n. Archit.
1 a place for a domestic fire, esp. a grate or hearth at the base of a chimney.
2 a structure surrounding this.
3 the area in front of this.
1 a place for a domestic fire, esp. a grate or hearth at the base of a chimney.
2 a structure surrounding this.
3 the area in front of this.
THESAURUS
fireplace
ancestral halls, chimney, chimney corner, family homestead, fender, fire screen, fireboard, fireguard, fireside, flue, foyer, hearth, hearth and home, hearthstone, hob, home, home place, home roof, home sweet home, homestead, household, hub, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, menage, paternal roof, roof, rooftree, smokehole, toftROGET THESAURUS
fireplace
Furnace
N furnace, stove, kiln, oven, cracker, hearth, focus, combustion chamber, athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory, volcano, forge, fiery furnace, limekiln, Dutch oven, tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan, boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot, urn, kettle, chafing-dish, retort, crucible, alembic, still, waffle irons, muffle furnace, induction furnace, electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat, open-hearth furnace, fireplace, gas fireplace, coal fire, wood fire, fire-dog, fire- irons, grate, range, kitchener, caboose, camboose, poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet, andiron, gridiron, ashdrop, frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog, hearth, inglenook, oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove, wood-burning stove, central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump, solar heat, convective heat, hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse, laundry, conservatory, sudatory, Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath, vaporarium.For further exploring for "fireplace" in Webster Dictionary Online