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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of buildings: the fireplace & parts of the fireplace
andiron
chimney breast
coal scuttle
damper
fender
fire dog
fireback
firebrick
fireguard
firescreen
fireside
flue
grate
hearth
inglenook
mantelpiece
open firephrase
open fireplace
poker
scuttle

fireplace | American Dictionary

fireplace
noun[ C ]
us/ˈfɑɪər·pleɪs/
a space in the wall of a room for a fire to burn in, or the decorated part that surrounds this space:
We usually stack some wood next to the fireplace.

Examples of fireplace

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Each domain enjoys its own fireplace expression, carefully detailed.
An exterior space is opposite the fireplace in the main living space. 28.
That the museum does not receive daylight, and the fireplace is in the bedroom's darkest spot against the party wall, additionally links the two.
One traverses the dark museum to reach the bedroom, with its two light sources - fenêtre en longueur and fireplace.
The stable and fireplace no longer smell or cause any other inconveniences to the inhabitants.
The artist dwelling is designed to foster creativity, through spatial development and sequences reinforced by light - daylight and the firelight emanating from fireplaces.
Fire and water come together in the home's central heating system, reinforced architecturally by links forged between fireplaces and plumbing.
A string stretched before the fireplace displayed 'a quantity of black woollen stockings, almost footless for want of repair'.
A fireplace is surrounded by a scatter of finds.
In both studio-residences, fireplaces and related elements such as flues are key components in spaces designed to engender and reinforce creativity.
Downstairs are the stable, the storage rooms and sometimes a fireplace.
In contrast, the cottage range dwellings of the farm labourers appear to be undivided and there is usually little evidence for an end-wall fireplace.
To understand this project in the broadest sense, it is necessary to consider the fireplaces, and their role within the studio-residence.
Particularly households that recently settled independently (stage 2) inhabit a household cluster without a stable or fireplace.
The fireplace areas are the source of the primary heating and cooling for the main living areas.
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