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Which room traditionally contains a hearth?

hearth

[hahrth] / hɑrθ /
NOUN
a fireplace
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NOUN
home
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Much of the menu is prepared over a live hearth, and traditional Polish dishes sit alongside inventive creations like duck confit cabbage rolls and pork belly pączki.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Radiocarbon dating places the hearth from the second layer at roughly 3,000 years old.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Just as families gathered around the hearth in the 19th century, they now gathered around the radio,” says Robert C. Allen, distinguished professor emeritus of American studies at the University of North Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

From repeatedly whacking steel with a heavy hammer to sitting sweat-drenched by a hearth for hours, the daily grind of blademaking is also not for the faint-hearted.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

We don’t have a proper hearth with a chimney like Mum and I used to have in our cottage.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

The hearths in the third layer date between about 5,500 and 4,000 years ago.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

Hence, the annual reign of small screen hearths.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

Much of the A.I. décor that surfaces on Instagram features the same uncanny images: liquid throw blankets, accidentally surreal wall art, hearths lit with inert flames.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

Pits and hearths were found in the platforms, as well as jars, stones to grind plants and burnt seeds.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024

Over the years, she had hosted many of them at Winterfell, and been welcomed with Ned to their own hearths and tables.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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