hearths
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Hearths is the plural of hearth, the floor of a fireplace or the area immediately surrounding it.
The hearth was traditionally the center of home life—where families gathered for warmth and cooking.
This makes it a symbol of domesticity: hearths and homes, defending their hearths.
The word extends to the floor of furnaces and forges in metalworking.
Decorative hearth shelf
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- flueChimney's inner passage
- andironsPaired hearth log supports
- pokerHearth implement for coals
grate · logs · kindling · embers · flames · ash · soot · firebox
Warm and snug
- snugComfortably close-fitting
- toastyComfortably heated
- glowSteady, soft light
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
comfort · welcoming · flickering · bask · nestle · heat · thermal · soothing
One's personal residence
- domesticityLife centered around home
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
tradition · sanctuary · security · belonging · rootedness · dwelling · homestead · abode
Cooking with dry heat
- bakingCooking with dry heat
- spitExpelled mouth moisture
- cauldronLarge metal cooking pot
- wood-firedFueled by timber
tandoor · Dutch oven · rotisserie · trivet · simmering · smoking · stewing · griddle
Related people together
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- reunionGathering after separation
- togethernessState of close connection
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
conversation · companionship · festivity · celebration · camaraderie · conviviality · circle · hospitality
mantel
Decorative hearth shelf
poker · grate · logs · kindling · embers · flames · ash · soot · firebox · damper
cozy
Warm and snug
radiance · comfort · welcoming · flickering · bask · nestle · heat · thermal · soothing · refuge
home
One's personal residence
- domesticityLife centered around home
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- ancestryFamily line of descent
heritage · tradition · sanctuary · security · belonging · rootedness · dwelling · homestead · abode · centerpiece
roasting
Cooking with dry heat
wood-fired · tandoor · Dutch oven · rotisserie · trivet · simmering · smoking · stewing · griddle · brazier
family
Related people together
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- reunionGathering after separation
- togethernessState of close connection
storytelling · conversation · companionship · festivity · celebration · camaraderie · conviviality · circle · hospitality · kinship
- Neolithicdomestication, early agriculture, stone axes, Fertile Crescent, grinding stones
- heatingfurnace, boiler, baseboard heaters, radiator, heat pump
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- rusticbarns, cabins, farmhouses, log cabins, hay bales
- rustic decorlog furniture, reclaimed wood, barnwood, barn doors, farmhouse sink
- Paleolithichand axe, handaxe, stone tools, flint, Neanderthal
hearthsstreets
Public urban ways
homelessness · rough sleeping · outdoors · wilderness · exposure
hearthsexile
Banishment from homeland
wandering · displacement · rootlessness · nomadism · diaspora
- 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