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UK
/fˈaɪəsaɪd/
]
[ US /ˈfaɪɝˌsaɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪɝˌsaɪd/ ]
NOUN
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home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
fighting in defense of their firesides
driven from hearth and home -
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire
How To Use fireside In A Sentence
- The delectable little Dutch songs with which she used to dulcify the house grew less and less frequent, and she would forget her sewing and look wistfully in her father's face as he sat pondering by the fireside. Tales of a Traveller
- Twenty-four hours after leaving Waller's, I was sipping a single malt by my own fireside in Hampshire.
- Tammas, ma puir fallow, if it could avail, a 'tell ye a' wud lay doon this auld worn-oot ruckle o 'a body o' mine juist tae see ye baith sittin 'at the fireside, an' the bairns round ye, couthy an 'canty again; but it's nae tae be, Tammas, it's nae tae be. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)
- It did not read like a cosy fireside chat. Times, Sunday Times
- Amy ran her finger along the rippled fore-edge and then put the book away amongst the rows of others shelved in the fireside alcove. THE WHITE DOVE
- The plot is a typical fireside ghost story - murder, infidelity and a message from beyond the grave - and the thrills are familiar.
- And it sells all the fireside accompaniments needed to achieve a blazing fire on a cold winter evening.
- His "fireside chats "convinced millions that he was personally interested in each citizen's life and welfare, as in a way he was. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
- Cataldise, wearing a nightrobe, sat on a footstool in front of her favorite fireside armchair. Conqueror's Moon
- He'd answer questions put to him in a fireside chat segment that featured a fantastic fake fireplace. 21 DOG YEARS