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adj
Used to identify something as normally being in the area of the fireplace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Pertaining to an activity normal to the household, usually associated with the living-room, whether or not it has a real fireplace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
The area around the fireplace in the living-room of a family house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English hearth Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English hearthside From hearth + -side.
