Thesaurus results for HEARTH

hearth

noun

ˈhärth

Definition of hearth

as in residence

the place where one lives all were welcome, friends and strangers alike, to their humble hearth

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Recent Examples of hearth Stevie was hosting a baby shower at home and standing near the fireplace hearth. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 Now he is stood plaintively at the window, looking in at the roaring hearth and the feast, starting Carabao Cup games but getting hooked at half-time with Jamie Gittens and 16-year-old academy kids. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The tasting-menu restaurant—centered on a seven-foot hearth—takes its inspiration from North Africa and the southern coasts of the Mediterranean and will pair that food with old world wines. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026 Wishing you a weekend of fresh pages, warm hearths, and analog rejoicing. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hearth

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Noun

The backstory This property has quite the history—originally built in 1868, its roots date back to the Gilded Age era when affluent families summered here (and big names like the Vanderbilts and the Astors took up residence nearby).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
Before the family landed in Florida, Lula, who turned 81 on Tuesday, spoke to dozens of supporters outside the presidential residence in Brasilia.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of residence

Noun

Each night, Portia settles upside down beneath its silk abode, alternating prolonged stillness with brief episodes of retinal movements, twitching, and occasional leg curling.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
Here the final abode of souls redeemed by Christ in heaven is depicted as an intricate urban environment.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of abode

Noun

The country's upper house of parliament voted last month to require UBS to hold 90% of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital, or about $16 billion in extra shares, as collateral to support its foreign subsidiaries.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The stranger’s dress had been stored in the family’s house for more than a decade.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of house

Noun

The Animal Protection headquarters were right downtown, only a couple of blocks from their building, nestled innocuously beside a Western-wear shop on whose roof a massive neon boot rotated slowly against the dark.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
This is just the latest variation on a particular theme by the architects at bKL Architecture — a tower raised above a roof deck atop a low-rise podium.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of roof

Noun

Mubarak Bekheit, an aid worker in Darfur, told the AP by phone on Wednesday that many people remained missing and some bodies had yet to be recovered from homes in the area after the strike hit a civilian neighborhood.

— YASSIR ABDALLA, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Bickelhaupt escaped the home and called a ride-sharing service to the airport, intending to travel back to Denver, Colorado, where she was born.

— Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of home

Noun

Ranchers were no longer crossing into New Mexico and spending money on supplies, lodging and food, and farmers had no customers for their alfalfa and grain.

— Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
For that program, the Walker Youngbird Foundation gave $50,000 to cover production costs, travel, and lodging, and a $10,000 artist stipend.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of lodging

Noun

The places where Baltzor typically ranges her cattle in the mountains were ravaged by record-size wildfires this summer, robbing them of the grass the herds usually eat.

— Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
While some protests have been banned for security reasons in several cities, including Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, marches are expected in many other places including in Paris and Marseille.

— ELITSA GADEVA, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

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