- Fireplace - Fireside - Her hat ruined in fireplace - Symbol of home - The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a
chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a
corresponding part of a stove. - The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates
and of hospitality to strangers; fireside. - The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated
lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted
material settles.