hearth — the floor of a fireplace, usually made of stone or brick
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: the floor of a fireplace, usually made of stone or brick
Pronunciation (IPA): /hɑːrθ/
Example Sentences
- Grandma's secret cookies were always hidden near the hearth, probably because even cookies love warmth!
- The family gathered around the hearth every Christmas Eve to share stories.
- After traveling the world, nothing felt better than returning to his own hearth and home.
hearth
NOUN[/hɑːrθ/]
the floor of a fireplace, usually made of stone or brick
The family gathers around the warm hearth on a snowy winter evening.
By the hearth of earth, awaiting new birth
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Hearth derives from Old English 'heorþ', a word inherited from Proto-Germanic roots meaning 'place where fire is made'. The term originally referred to the fireplace or floor of a fire, which served as the central hearth of domestic and communal life in ancient Germanic cultures.
Breakdown
The word has no productive morphological breakdown in modern English. It represents a single, inherited root from Proto-Germanic *herthi-, etymologically unrelated to combinable modern prefixes or suffixes.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“Grandma's secret cookies were always hidden near the hearth, probably because even cookies love warmth!”
“The family gathered around the hearth every Christmas Eve to share stories.”
“After traveling the world, nothing felt better than returning to his own hearth and home.”
“The dog claimed the hearth as his personal heating pad, much to everyone's amusement.”
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