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Answer for the clue "House warmer ", 9 letters:
fireplace
Alternative clues for the word fireplace
Word definitions for fireplace in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also fire-place , c.1700, from fire (n.) + place (n.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" [syn: hearth , open ...
Usage examples of fireplace.
High ceilings, polished wood, antiques, dollies protecting table tops, a basket of pine cones next to the fireplace, an afghan draped over the arm of the sofa-the whole Americana bit.
Lying there with nothing but the glowing embers in the fireplace to brighten her chamber, she reviewed her encounter with Antonio Thorndyke.
Their fragrance, released by the steam, drifted through the bedchamber, mingling with the scent of applewood burning in the new fireplace and the lavender on the floor.
She brought bowls and baskets of it into the cave and set them near the fireplace to melt.
She turned her head over her shoulder and gave that man planted heavily in front of the fireplace a glance, half arch, half cruel, out of her large eyes - a glance of which the Winnie of the Belgravian mansion days would have been incapable, because of her respectability and her ignorance.
An example of Jacobean domestic architecture at its finest, The Bottoms boasts a number of historical features including a priest hole, moulded plasterwork ceilings, heraldic fireplaces and stone-flagged floors throughout.
Though the rapidly falling temperature of the air outside only whispered of approaching autumn, Bunyanesque lengths of amputated oak crackled for attention within the Stygian depths of a corner fireplace fashioned of hand-laid river rock.
I left the caseworker still alive and scrubbing the brick around the fireplace in the den.
Ben led us through a big, yellow living room with a limestone fireplace, brocade couches, chinoiserie tables, Imari porcelain lamps with parchment shades.
The next thing Cluny knew, he was standing on the small, makeshift stage in front of the fireplace.
Italian while Leonard Colo stood alongside the fireplace, staring into the flames and waxing his hands endlessly with a look of world-weary patience that did not match the cold misery in his heart.
A colour television filled the fireplace and a valuable Coromandel screen completed the decor.
It seemed she could hear Morning Star moving about on the other side of the dogtrot, in the area around the fireplace kitchen.
The shapeless lumps of metal mocking him from above the fireplace, a drably clad man slipping in at the doors with a knife in his hand, the books lying everywhere.
The heat thrown out by the logs burning in the fireplace was considerable, but was unavailing to prevent the draughts sweeping through the room.