fireplace

«fireplace» in Mova's school dictionary: an open space at the bottom of a chimney inside a room… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (fireplace, fireplaces)

meaning for a pupil

A fireplace is an open space at the bottom of a chimney inside a room, where a fire is lit to heat the room. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: use a fireguard, never put paper or toys near the fire, and keep children back from it. In stories, families gather by the fireplace; Father Christmas comes down the chimney. In history, fireplaces were the main heat and cooking place. Phrases: «by the fireplace», «a stone fireplace», «light a fire in the fireplace».

examples

• We sat by the fireplace and read stories. tree →
• Stockings hung over the fireplace. tree →
• Put the fireguard in front of the fireplace. tree →
• The old house had a fireplace in every room. tree →
• Never throw rubbish into the fireplace. tree →
• Logs crackled in the fireplace. tree →
• The cat loves sleeping in front of the fireplace. tree →
• A fireplace full of burning logs was painted on the wall opposite the door. tree →

note

Compound word: fire + place. Similar: «hearth», «fire». The shelf above it is the «mantelpiece». Safety: smoke alarms and fireguards are needed where fires are lit. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»
• Christmas decorations are kept away from fireplaces and candles because they catch fire.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fireplace» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.