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The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
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A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.
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A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
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The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
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A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
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(figurative) Home or family life.
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(Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.