hearth
Word family nounhearthhearthstone
hearth /hɑːθ $ hɑːrθ/ noun [countableC] 2. hearth and home literaryHOME your home and family 家庭,家和家人 hearth• Then they all gathered before a small fire on the kitchen hearth.• She sat down in a chair by the hearth.• She was as tall as Nigel, and now folded herself gracefully into a low chair by the hearth.• There was a fire in the hearth and sandwiches on the sideboard.• To be a Vestal Virgin meant both to be a guardian of the hearth and to be absolutely pure. Origin hearth Old English heorth