形容词

名词

1. 炉边;炉火旁
    If you sit by the fireside in a room, you sit near the fire.

1. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

    e.g. driven from hearth and home
           fighting in defense of their firesides

    Synonym: hearth

2. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)

    e.g. they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire

    Synonym: hearth