hearth
Stone floor, flames
A hearth is the floor of a fireplace, typically made of stone or brick, extending into the room.
By extension, hearth represents home and domestic life: hearth and home, defending hearth and family.
The word evokes warmth, safety, and the traditional center of household gathering.
Decorative hearth shelf
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- fireboxFuel-burning enclosure
- flueChimney's inner passage
- andironsPaired hearth log supports
grate · poker · tongs · embers · ash · logs · kindling · damper
Steady, soft light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- toastyComfortably heated
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- blazeIntense burning fire
bask · cozy · snug · crackling · flickering · comfort · thermal · insulated
One's personal residence
- familyRelated people together
- domesticityLife centered around home
- shelterProtected place or structure
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
haven · stability · ancestry · roots · heritage · kinship · lineage · homestead
Related people together
- reunionGathering after separation
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- dinnerPrimary evening meal
celebration · storytelling · conversation · circle · communion · togetherness · potluck · hospitality
Act of unearthing
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- postholesDug cavities for uprights
dwelling · settlement · remnants · artifacts · prehistoric · medieval · domestic · carbonized
mantel
Decorative hearth shelf
andirons · grate · poker · tongs · embers · ash · logs · kindling · damper · soot
glow
Steady, soft light
blaze · bask · cozy · snug · crackling · flickering · comfort · thermal · insulated · woolen
home
One's personal residence
- familyRelated people together
- domesticityLife centered around home
- shelterProtected place or structure
sanctuary · haven · stability · ancestry · roots · heritage · kinship · lineage · homestead · belonging
family
Related people together
dinner · celebration · storytelling · conversation · circle · communion · togetherness · potluck · hospitality · conviviality
excavation
Act of unearthing
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- charcoalBurned wood residue
postholes · dwelling · settlement · remnants · artifacts · prehistoric · medieval · domestic · carbonized · stratigraphy
cauldron
Large metal cooking pot
pottage · trivet · griddle · baking · bread · stew · porridge · smoke · crane · bannock
Vesta
Goddess of hearth
protection · ancestors · penates · shrine · blessing
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- hospitalityhotel, hotels, warmth, kindness, welcome
- home conceptschimney, front porch, cottage, farmhouse, townhouse
- villagevillage, village green, village church, village square, villager
- village lifevillage, hamlet, thatched roofs, chalet, folk tales
- masonrymason, brick, bricks, stone, mortar
hearthhomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
exile · displacement · wandering · rootlessness · vagrancy
hearthexposure
State of being unprotected
outdoors · the wild · wasteland · desolation · wilderness
hearthsolitude
State of being alone
isolation · loneliness · abandonment · scattering · dispersal
- hearth and homeDomestic life and shelter
- hearth fireFlames burning in fireplace
- stone hearthRock-built fire base
- home hearth
- hearth stoneFireplace's floor slab
- hearth rugFloor covering near fireplace
hearthrug, hearths, hearthstone, hearthrugs, hearthstones, hearthside