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H0109400 (härth)n.1. a. The floor of a fireplace, usually extending into a room and paved with brick, flagstone, or cement.b. A fireplace: a blazing fire in the hearth.2. Family life; the home.3. Metallurgy a. The lowest part of a blast furnace or cupola, from which the molten metal flows.b. The bottom of a reverberatory furnace, where ore is exposed to the flame.4. The fireplace or brazier of a blacksmith's forge.

[Middle English herth, from Old English heorth; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

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(hɑːθ) n1. (Building) a. the floor of a fireplace, esp one that extends outwards into the roomb. (as modifier): hearth rug. 2. this part of a fireplace as a symbol of the home, etc3. (Metallurgy) the bottom part of a metallurgical furnace in which the molten metal is produced or contained[Old English heorth; related to Old High German herd hearth, Latin carbō charcoal]

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n. 1. the floor of a fireplace, usu. of stone, brick, etc., often extending into a room. 2. a. the lower part of a blast furnace, cupola, etc., in which the molten metal collects and from which it is tapped out. b. the part of an open hearth, reverberatory furnace, etc., upon which the charge is placed and melted down or refined. 3. a brazier or chafing dish for burning charcoal. [before 900; Middle English herth(e), Old English he(o)rth, c. Old Saxon herth, Old High German hert] hearth′less, adj.

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focaccia bread - Italian for "bread baked in the hearth."
fuel - Traces back to Latin focalis, "hearth."
scar - Traces back to Greek eskhara, "hearth" or "scab."
hearth - The floor of a fireplace as well as the area in front.

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Noun	1.	hearth - 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"fireplace, open fireplacechimney - a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a buildingfire - a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"fire iron - metal fireside implementsfireside, hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"hearthstone - a stone that forms a hearthchimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, mantle - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"niche, recess - an enclosure that is set back or indentedwater back - water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove
	2.	hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"firesidedwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"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"synecdoche - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
	3.	hearth - an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"firesidearea, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"

Translations

灶台炉边

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(haːθ) noun (the part of a room beside) the fireplace. She was cleaning the hearth. 灶台，炉边

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the bottom part of a metallurgical furnace in which the molten metal is produced or contained

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That part of the floor directly in front of the fireplace, and the floor inside the fireplace on which the fire is built, made of fire-resistant masonry.

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a furnace for smelting, resmelting, and heating metals and firing ceramic products; the lower part of a shaft furnace in which fuel is combusted.

Hearths have been known since approximately the third millennium B.C. The so-called direct-process hearths found on the territory of the USSR date from the first millennium B.C. Forge hearths served to heat metals before forging and hardening. Pottery hearths or kilns were used to fire pottery. Bloomeries for the conversion of pig iron into iron have been known since the 15th century.

In modern terms, the hearth is an industrial furnace wider than it is high (when the height is greater than the width, the furnace is called a shaft furnace). The hearth consists of a steel chamber lined inside with brick and open at the top. The side walls of the hearth have openings or tuyeres to deliver air. Gaseous products of combustion are disposed of through the open top of the hearth or through an exhaust pipe. A hearth can operate on charcoal, coke, oil, or gas. Ordinarily, the efficiency of hearths does not exceed 5 percent, with the result that they have not found widespread industrial use. Crucible hearths are used in metallurgy for crucible melting of metals, and specially designed hearths are used to obtain lead from ore concentrates.

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(1) An open flat space for kindling and maintaining a fire, usually inside a dwelling. According to archaeological evidence, hearths have been known since the Lower Paleolithic. In the Upper Paleolithic, hearths were often constructed of stones and sometimes coated with clay.

In round dwellings the hearth is usually located in the center of the dwelling, as in the chums of the Nentsy, Evenki, and other peoples of the North; in rectangular dwellings it is near a wall, usually opposite the entrance, as in the houses of some peoples of Dagestan. A transitional type of construction is the hearth placed directly against the wall with a clay-coated wicker pipe for the smoke (among some peoples of the Balkan Peninsula, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Middle Asia). In time the hearth against the wall developed into the fireplace.

The hearth played an important role in various rituals. Among many peoples—including the ancient Greeks, Romans, Slavs, Teutons, and, until recent times, the peoples of the Caucasus and Siberia—it was considered a sacred place in the dwelling.

(2) In a figurative sense, hearth means home, shelter, or the family (the home hearth).

(3) A source from which something, such as a cultural influence, emanates.

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(or bottom), the part of a furnace on which the materials or items undergoing heat treatment (heating, melting, or annealing) are placed.

Hearths of melting furnaces are usually made of refractory materials. Electric-arc furnaces may be constructed with current-conducting hearths, in which case the hearth is one of the electrodes. Hearths of heating furnaces usually also have a refractory lining. A distinction is made between stationary, bogie, moveable, revolving, and roller-hearth furnaces. In multideck, or multihearth, drying and annealing furnaces, the hearths are placed at various levels along the vertical axis of the furnace, and the material being processed pours down from one hearth to another.

What does it mean when you dream about a hearth?

The hearth signifies a place to return to home values and nurturing feelings. It is traditionally the center of sacred beginnings and also of sacred rituals. It also represents a chance to begin again.

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[härth] (building construction) The floor of a fireplace or brick oven. The projection in front of a fireplace, made of brick, stone, or cement. (metallurgy) The floor of a reverberatory, open-hearth, cupola, or blast furnace; it is made of refractory material able to support the charge and to collect the molten products.

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1. The floor of a fireplace (usually brick, tile, or stone) together with an adjacent area of fireproof material. 2. An area permanently floored with fireproof material beneath and surrounding a stove.

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symbol of home life. [Folklore: Jobes, 738]See: Domesticity

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noun an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

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noun home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

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

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