hearths

noun

plural of hearth
as in dwellings
the place where one lives all were welcome, friends and strangers alike, to their humble hearth

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Recent Examples of hearths Food 250 years ago was cooked in hearths. — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 June 2026 The kitchen was a simple room with two open hearths. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 Remnants of hearths inside the dwellings indicate the use of bones as fuel. — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026 Most of the hearths are between 4,000 and 5,500 years old. — ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026 If hearths had been built in the cave, underlying bones would have shown evidence of charring — but not a single bone out of the 4,500 studied was burned. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 These influences, fueled by blazing hearths, continue to inform Maydan’s direction. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Individual cottages with modern interiors are set up in mini neighborhoods and have fireplaces with polished concrete hearths, heated floors, and floor-to-ceiling glass bifold doors leading to landscaped gardens. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026 Breakthroughs in technology—such as jewelry, bone and stone tools, pigments, and organized hearths—happened much earlier than previously assumed, appearing in one region to disappear in another. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearths
  1. dwellings
  2. residences
  3. abodes
  4. roofs
  5. homes
  6. houses
Noun
  • Future building potential also exists for another two dwellings.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The park service offers educational tours of the dwellings as well as bird-watching, nature walks, and wildlife-viewing tours.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
Definition of dwellings
Noun
  • Per The Guardian, Harry specifically requested police protection outside of royal residences to ensure his family's safety.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026
  • All five of the suspects have residences in San Francisco, accoring to police, and the San Francisco Police Department helped corral them in Richmond.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of residences
Noun
  • Best Hotels & Resorts The Promissory Hotel This boutique property is housed in a 1912 bank building with striking neoclassical design and 27 rooms, including loft-style abodes and two-bedroom suites.
    — Julekha Dash, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026
  • His son, Guy, followed in his footsteps, creating sculptural abodes from Boca Raton to Vail over the past 35 years.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 June 2026
Definition of abodes
Noun
  • Such strategies include building green roofs and courtyards to help with shading and air circulation, and using dense materials such as concrete or brick that can stabilize indoor temperatures in heat.
    — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The heat wave sweeping across the country will hit several World Cup locations, including New Jersey, Kansas City, and Philadelphia, where stadiums lack roofs and air-conditioning.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of roofs
Noun
  • Cubans strolled along el Paseo del Prado promenade in the inky night, desperate to escape the stifling heat of their homes.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Advocates say the funds would help build more than 40,000 shovel-ready affordable homes that are unable to move forward because of a financing gap and help preserve thousands of other existing units.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of homes
Noun
  • Birds fly over houses overshadowed by the mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 10, 2026.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • In other stations on the factory floor, modules were taking shape for two houses that will replace houses lost in the Palisades fire.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of houses

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