Definition of "hearth" in Englisch

noun

1. The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

2. A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.

   • cooking on an open hearth

3. A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.

4. The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.

5. A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.

6. (figurative) Home or family life.

7. (Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.