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OPEN FIREPLACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
