FIRESIDE

hearth, fireside

(noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; “driven from hearth and home”; “fighting in defense of their firesides”

hearth, fireside

(noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); “they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fireside (plural firesides)

The area near a domestic fire or hearth.

(by extension, symbolic) One's home.

(by extension) Home life.

(Mormonism) A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Anagrams

• Seifried, deifiers, edifiers

Source: Wiktionary


Fire"side`, n.

Definition: A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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