fireplace
Syllables: fire·placeUK/ˈfaɪəpleɪs//ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/
fireplace noun: an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
Noun
fireplace (plural fireplaces)
- An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Opposite the old church is a Tudor black-and-white cottage, flanked at one end by the Brocket Arms, a splendid 400-year-old pub with stone-flagged floors, a vast inglenook fireplace and a garden full of oak tables and benches for summer evening meditation.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 45
- Synonyms:
- hearthstead
fireplace meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fireplace in Hindi
- open hearth
- चिमनी cimnī, भट्टी bhaṭṭī, चूल्हा cūlhā
fireplace in Tamil
- அடுப்படி
fireplace in Marathi
- fireplace, hearth
- चूल cūl
fireplace in Urdu
- open hearth
- آتِش دان ātiś dān, آتِش کَدَہ ātiś kada, بَھٹّی bhaṭṭī, چُولْھا cūlhā
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- fireplace in Bengali
- অগ্নিকুণ্ড, উনান, আখা
- fireplace in Telugu
- పొయ్యి
- fireplace in Kannada
- ಹೊಗೆಗೂಡು, ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹಾಕುವ ಸ್ಥಳ, ಅಗ್ಗಿಷ್ಟಿಕೆ, ಒಲೆ
- fireplace in Punjabi
- ਫਾਇਰਪਲੇਸ
- fireplace in Gujarati
- ચૂલો cūlo
- fireplace in Sanskrit
- उद्धार uddhāra, जाति jātí
- fireplace in Sinhala
- උදුන uduna
- fireplace in Assamese
- জুইশাল zuixal
- fireplace in Nepali
- फायरप्लेस, फायरप्लेस्
- fireplace in Tagalog
- dapugan
- fireplace in Arabic
- مِدْفَأَة midfaʔa, مَوْقِد mawqid
- fireplace in Malay
- perapian, pendiang
- fireplace in Indonesian
- perapian
- fireplace in Thai
- เตาผิง dtao-pǐng, เตาไฟ dtao-fai
- fireplace in Vietnamese
- lò sưởi
- fireplace in Myanmar
- စားဖို ca:hpui, မီးလင်းဖို mi:lang:hpui
Examples of fireplace in a sentence
- Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
- He usually lights a nice fire in the fireplace to kick off a winter weekend right.
- If you two are cold, you can cosy up by the fireplace.
Synonyms of fireplace
Forms of fireplace
| plural | fireplaces |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | fire-place |
Origin of fireplace
From fire + place.
Words formed from fireplace
Phrases with fireplace
Questions about fireplace
- What does fireplace mean?
- Fireplace means an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
- What is fireplace in Hindi?
- Fireplace in Hindi is चिमनी (cimnī), भट्टी (bhaṭṭī), चूल्हा (cūlhā). See Fireplace meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fireplace?
- Fireplace is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fireplace?
- Fireplace is pronounced /ˈfaɪəpleɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fireplace?
- The plural of fireplace is fireplaces.
Words near fireplace in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fireplace (page history and authors); fireplace (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); चूल (Marathi) (page history and authors); fireplace (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fireplace (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fireplace (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fireplace (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ચૂલો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); उद्धार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); උදුන (Sinhala) (page history and authors); fireplace (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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