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inglenook
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
inglenook
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 drawing room is an impressive room; a vaulted hall with exposed rafters and a large inglenook fireplace.
▪ The house has been renovated and modernised but retains beams, an inglenook fireplace and a lot of character.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A fine log fire crackled in the inglenook.
▪ Inside there are old beams, inglenook fireplaces, oriental carpets and a warm and friendly ambience.
▪ Leif, the beggar, was crouched in the inglenook, stuffing his mouth full of richly sauced venison.
▪ The drawing room is an impressive room; a vaulted hall with exposed rafters and a large inglenook fireplace.
▪ The house has been renovated and modernised but retains beams, an inglenook fireplace and a lot of character.
▪ The interior has beams, panelled walls, and inglenook fireplaces.
▪ There is a comfortable sitting room, with beams and an inglenook fireplace with bricks worn down by centuries of knife sharpening.
Wiktionary
inglenook

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.

WordNet
inglenook

n. a corner by a fireplace [syn: chimney corner]

Wikipedia
Inglenook (winery)

Inglenook is a winery that produces estate bottled wines in Rutherford, California, in the Napa Valley.

Inglenook (disambiguation)

An inglenook ( Modern Scots ingleneuk), or chimney corner, is a small recess that adjoins a fireplace.

Inglenook may also refer to:

  • Inglenook, California, community in Mendocino County
  • Inglenook (Winery), vineyards and winery Rutherford, California
  • Inglenook Sidings, a railway shunting puzzle
  • Inglenook Community School, an alternative high school in Toronto Ontario, Canada

Chimney Corner may also refer to:

  • Chimney Corner, West Virginia in Fayette County, United States
  • Chimney Corner, Nova Scotia in Inverness County, Canada
  • Chimney Corner F.C. is a football (soccer) club in Northern Ireland
Inglenook

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 nook.

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.