- home and hearth
- Home and hearth'Home and hearth' is an idiom evoking warmth and security.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
home and hearth
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Plow and Hearth — Infobox Company company name = Plow and Hearth company type = Subsidiary foundation = 1980 Madison, Virginia location = Madison, Virginia industry = Retail products = Furniture, home furnishings, apparel, food. homepage =… … Wikipedia
Hearth — with cooking utensils In common historic and modern usage, a hearth ( / … Wikipedia
hearth — [ harθ ] noun count the floor of a FIREPLACE in a house and the area around it: a log fire roaring in the hearth hearth and home LITERARY used for referring to your home and family … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hearth and home — literary phrase used for referring to your home and family Thesaurus: general words for family membershyponym Main entry: hearth … Useful english dictionary
hearth — [ha:θ US ha:rθ] n [: Old English; Origin: heorth] 1.) the area of floor around a ↑fireplace in a house 2.) hearth and home literary your home and family … Dictionary of contemporary English
hearth — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)θ[/t]] hearths 1) N COUNT The hearth is the floor of a fireplace, which sometimes extends into the room. It was winter and there was a huge fire roaring in the hearth. 2) PHRASE A person s home and family life can be referred to as… … English dictionary
hearth — noun (C) 1 the area of floor around a fireplace in a house 2 hearth and home literary your home and family: the joys of hearth and home … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
home — home1 [ houm ] noun *** ▸ 1 place where you live ▸ 2 building for living in ▸ 3 place on sports field ▸ 4 where something started ▸ 5 base for sports team ▸ 6 home page ▸ 7 of plants and animals ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount the place where… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
home — I UK [həʊm] / US [hoʊm] noun Word forms home : singular home plural homes *** 1) [countable/uncountable] the place where you live We go to a school close to our home. a child in need of a loving home at home: Peter isn t at home today. away from… … English dictionary
hearth — n 1. fireside, fireplace, fire, hearthside, hearthstone, chimney corner, Brit. Dial. ingle, Brit. Dial. ingleside, Chiefly Brit. inglenook or ingle nook. 2. home, home sweet home, homestead, hearth and home, hearthstead, household, family, family … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
