Hearthful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hearthful is a noun meaning The amount a fireplace can hold.
Meaning
The amount a fireplace can hold.
More Meanings
- A quantity (of something) contained within a fireplace.
- A quantity (of something) sitting on a hearth outside a fireplace.
- A homeful; enough to fill a cosy domestic situation.
- Characterized by warmth, comfort, and a sense of belonging; cosy.
Example Sentences
Give me refuge, o hearthsful of fire
They sawed and hacked and somehow managed to acquire hearthfuls of fuel to see them through.
A hearthful of flames flung warmth into this room, cheerily bouncing their glow off polished walnut furniture and silver-gilt.
All furnaces were built with two sumps, wells or forehearths in which the molten aluminum accumulated, one hearthful or about two metric tons at a time.
Word Forms
- hearthfuls
- hearthsful
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hearthstead, hearth, hearthflame, harth, hearthstone, hiveful.
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