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# fireplace

«fireplace» in Mova's school dictionary: **an open space at the bottom of a chimney inside a room…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fireplace, fireplaces)

### meaning for a pupil

A fireplace is an open space at the bottom of a chimney inside a room, where a fire is lit to heat the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: use a fireguard, never put paper or toys near the fire, and keep children back from it. In stories, families gather by the fireplace; Father Christmas comes down the chimney. In history, fireplaces were the main heat and cooking place. Phrases: «by the fireplace», «a stone fireplace», «light a fire in the fireplace».

### examples

- We sat by the fireplace and read stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x1)
- Stockings hung over the fireplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x2)
- Put the fireguard in front of the fireplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x3)
- The old house had a fireplace in every room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x4)
- Never throw rubbish into the fireplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x5)
- Logs crackled in the fireplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x6)
- The cat loves sleeping in front of the fireplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x7)
- A fireplace full of burning logs was painted on the wall opposite the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/#x8)

### note

Compound word: fire + place. Similar: «hearth», «fire». The shelf above it is the «mantelpiece». Safety: smoke alarms and fireguards are needed where fires are lit. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/15/)
- [Christmas decorations are kept away from fireplaces and candles because they catch fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fireplace» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fireplace/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.