Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The area immediately surrounding a fireplace or hearth.
- noun A home.
- adjective At or as if at a fireside.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The side of the fireplace; the hearth; the space about a fire or hearth, considered especially as the place where a family gathers for social enjoyment.
- Fitted for the fireside; homely; intimate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The area near a
domestic fire orhearth . - noun by extension, symbolic One's
home . - noun by extension
Home life . - noun Mormonism A supplementary
meeting in TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
- noun an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
Fore, right! JANE WARDELL and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Business Wr 2010
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
Fore, right! 2010
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
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Flaherty had chosen the remote town of Iqaluit, population 7,000, where temperatures can dip to 40 degrees below zero in February, to try to promote more informal discussions, which he dubbed fireside chats.
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