fireplace

Noun

Meaning

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: Webster's dictionary

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The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace. Cicero

I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling... I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not, I just did it. Stephen J. Cannell

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it. Rex Stout

It is not the fire in the fireplace which warms the house, but the couple who get along well. Madagascan Proverb

An angel on the road, a devil at the fireplace. Welsh Proverb

The old never lack for a story when they're standing in the sun or in front of a warm fireplace. Sicilian Proverb

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