hearthstone
Fireplace's flat base
A hearthstone is the flat stone forming the floor of a fireplace, or more broadly, the area in front of a hearth.
Figuratively, it represents home and domestic life—the center of household warmth and gathering: They returned to the family hearthstone after years abroad.
The word evokes traditional images of home fires and family bonds. (Capitalized Hearthstone is a video game.)
Place of residence
- abodePlace of residence
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- domesticityLife centered around home
family · fireside · roof · domicile · shelter · residence · sanctuary · nest
Fireplace's ornamental surround
- lintelBeam over an opening
- mantelDecorative hearth shelf
- surroundEnclose on every side
- jambVertical frame member
firebox · architrave · overmantel · corbel · keystone · inglenook · chimney breast
Shelf above fireplace
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- firewoodCut logs for burning
kindling · grate · andirons · poker · tongs · bellows · flue · damper
Comfortable warm intimacy
- snugnessComfortable tightness or warmth
- glowSteady, soft light
- togethernessState of close connection
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
comfort · welcome · gathering · contentment · security · refuge · solace · repose
dwelling
Place of residence
domesticity · family · fireside · roof · domicile · shelter · residence · sanctuary · nest · haven
chimneypiece
Fireplace's ornamental surround
jamb · firebox · architrave · overmantel · corbel · keystone · inglenook · chimney breast
mantelpiece
Shelf above fireplace
firewood · kindling · grate · andirons · poker · tongs · bellows · flue · damper · fireguard
coziness
Comfortable warm intimacy
- snugnessComfortable tightness or warmth
- glowSteady, soft light
- togethernessState of close connection
intimacy · comfort · welcome · gathering · contentment · security · refuge · solace · repose · ease
fieldstone
Uncut natural building stones
bluestone · soapstone · basalt · quartzite · marble · ashlar · masonry · mortar
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
ceremony · Vesta · household gods · lore · custom · lineage · legacy · mythology · rites · eternal flame
- hearthfire irons, fire tongs, fireside, logs, flames
- Hearth & Homewarmth, fireside, mantel, chimney, inglenook
- fireside spotsinglenook, chimney corner
- stonesboulder, pebble, cobble, slab, fieldstone
- building stoneashlar, bluestone, brownstone, fieldstone, freestone
- sandstonesbrownstone, freestone, greensand, gritstone, bluestone
hearthstonehomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
exile · displacement · wandering · rootlessness · nomadism
hearthstonecold
Low temperature state
exposure · frozen wasteland · bitter cold · harshness · inhospitality