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Definition of Fireplace

1. Noun. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built. "The hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"

Definition of Fireplace

1. n. The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

Definition of Fireplace

1. Noun. an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fireplace

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fireplace

1. The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireplace

Literary usage of Fireplace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Interiors, Fireplaces, & Fvrniture of the Italian Renaissance by Harold Donaldson Eberlein (1916)
"... of fireplace by Pietro Lombardo 29 Arezzo, Stone fireplace of the XVI Century Urbino, Stone fireplace of the XVI Century 30 Faenza, Public Pinacothèque, ..."

2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1832)
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3. Interior Decoration for the Small Home by Amy Lucile Rolfe (1917)
"CHAPTER X THE fireplace IN THE HOME ^Esthetic Value — Historical Significance — Period Styles — Arrangement of Furniture about fireplace — Materials. ..."

4. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"The fireplace preserves an equable temperature all over the room, and provides a large ... Morin's experiments on this ventilating fireplace showed that, ..."

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