- fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
--1 is a kind of recess, niche
--1 is a part of chimney
--1 has parts:
--1 has particulars: firefire iron; hearth, fireside; hearthstone; mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece; water back - hearth, fireside - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
--2 is a kind of dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
--2 is a part of fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - hearth, fireside - an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
--3 is a kind of area, country