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A corner by a fireplace
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inglenook
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN fireplace ▪ There is a comfortable sitting room, with beams and an inglenook fireplace with bricks worn down by centuries of knife sharpening. ▪ The interior has beams, panelled walls, and inglenook fireplaces . ▪ The ...
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An inglenook ( Modern Scots ingleneuk ), or chimney corner , is a small recess that adjoins a fireplace . The word is formed with ingle , meaning "fireplace" in Old English (from Old Scots or Irish Gaelic aingeal , "angel" or euphemistically "fire"), and ...
WordNet
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n. a corner by a fireplace [syn: chimney corner ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly historical architecture English) A corner or nook beside an open fireplace. 2 (context chiefly historical architecture English) A bench or seat placed in a fireplace inglenook.
Usage examples of inglenook.
Stone flagged floors, good rugs, heavy supporting beams, inglenook fireplace, exposed old bricks, and masses of sagging sofas and chairs in faded chintzy covers.
Yet wights still roamed, haunting inglenooks and millponds, lurking beneath hearthstones, inhabiting wells.