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

"They sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"

Related Noun(s):fireside

Category: Places

2.Definition: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built

"The fireplace was so large you could walk inside it", "He laid a fire in the hearth and lit it", "The hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"

Related Noun(s):fireplace

Category: Objects

3.Definition: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace

"Driven from hearth and home", "Fighting in defense of their firesides"

Related Noun(s):fireside

Category: Objects