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hearth

/ˈhɑɹθ/ sustantivo C1

En español: solera, hornera, plaza, crisol

  1. The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
  2. A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven. · cooking on an open hearth
  3. A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
  4. The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
  5. A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
  6. Home or family life. (figuratively)
  7. A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.

Plural hearths

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The abbé smiled, and, proceeding to the disused fireplace, raised, by the help of his chisel, a long stone, which had doubtless been the hearth, beneath which was a cavity of considerable depth, serving as a safe depository of the articles mentioned to Dantès.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 155 · C1
The only things in the kitchen that did not sneeze, were the cook, and a large cat which was sitting on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 41 · B2
Then he pressed his face close to the window and watched the fire on the hearth.
The Jungle Book, p. 20 · B2
When she crossed the log bridge over the brook the kitchen light of Green Gables winked her a friendly welcome back, and through the open door shone the hearth fire, sending out its warm red glow athwart the chilly autumn night.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 241 · C1

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