OPEN FIREPLACE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

Example:

the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires

Synonyms:

fireplace; hearth; open fireplace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("open fireplace" is a kind of...):

niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented)

Meronyms (parts of "open fireplace"):

fire iron (metal fireside implements)

fireside; hearth (home symbolized as a part of the fireplace)

hearthstone (a stone that forms a hearth)

chimneypiece; mantel; mantelpiece; mantle; mantlepiece (shelf that projects from wall above fireplace)

water back (water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "open fireplace"):

fire (a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning)

Holonyms ("open fireplace" is a part of...):

chimney (a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building)