fireplace
nomcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈfaɪəpleɪs//
- États-Unis//ˈfaɪɹpleɪs//
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
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An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
Opposite the old church is a Tudor black-and-white cottage, flanked at one end by the Brocket Arms, a splendid 400-year-old pub with stone-flagged floors, a vast inglenook fireplace and a garden full of oak tables and benches for summer evening meditation.
Étymologie
From fire + place.
Formes
- pluriel
- fireplaces
fireplace · An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
firepower · The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.firewall · A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire…firewood · Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.