fireside — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The area near a domestic fire or hearth.

2. One's home.

   Usage

   • broadly

3. Home life.

   Usage

   • broadly

4. A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

   Usage

   • Mormonism

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   At a Brigham Young University fireside, President Hunter said, “If you feel that … what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart[...]”

   Thomas (that is not his real name) was one who had lost his way. We became acquainted at a special fireside attended by members one doesn’t normally see on Sunday[...] The day before, Thomas’s father had invited him to attend the fireside.

Noun

1. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)

   Synonyms

   hearth

   Broader terms

   areacountry

   Examples

   they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire

2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

   Synonyms

   hearth

   Broader terms

   dwellinghomedomicileabodehabitationdwelling house

   Examples

   driven from hearth and home

   fighting in defense of their firesides