FIREPLACE
fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fireplace (plural fireplaces)
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
Synonyms
• hearthstead
Source: Wiktionary
Fire"place`, n.
Definition: The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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