Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fireplace"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fireplace \Fire"place`\, n.
The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; --
usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be
built.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fireplace
n : an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a
fire can be built [syn: {hearth}, {open fireplace}]
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