noun
hearth
HAHTH
noun
1
The floor or area around a fireplace, often used to represent home and family life.
"The cat curled up by the hearth all winter."
"After years abroad, all he wanted was to return to his own hearth and home."
How to Use Hearth
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe fireplace area of a house, and by extension, the idea of home itself.
Common pairings
hearth and home
gather round the hearth
a warm hearth
Word Forms
hearths plural
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Etymology
From Old English heorþ, an ancient Germanic word for the fireplace at the center of a home — the root behind the phrase "hearth and home."