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Which room traditionally contains a hearth?

hearth

[hahrth] / hΙ‘rΞΈ /
NOUN
a fireplace
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NOUN
home
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Radiocarbon dating places the hearth from the second layer at roughly 3,000 years old.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

Stars who might normally be teammates instead pick up the jerseys of rival nations, competing against one another for love of home and hearth on the world’s grandest sporting stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Even in an age of unprecedented individual choice, American families still crave the hearth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

From repeatedly whacking steel with a heavy hammer to sitting sweat-drenched by a hearth for hours, the daily grind of blademaking is also not for the faint-hearted.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Granny Mallon sat on her heels near the fire smoking her pipe, and Mrs. Mallon was at the hearth.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Researchers uncovered 23 hearths containing large numbers of crushed and burned fragments of green mineral.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

Hence, the annual reign of small screen hearths.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

Pits and hearths were found in the platforms, as well as jars, stones to grind plants and burnt seeds.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024

The burnished brass interior holds black wax infused with woody notes of frankincense, cedar and black pepper, conceived to conjure the open hearths of the majestic country homes whose mantles it’s destined to adorn.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

Yet the old red tales were still told around driftwood fires and smoky hearths all across the islands, even behind the high stone halls of Pyke.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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