OPEN FIREPLACE Synonyms

• large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times

• a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building

• a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

• the event of something burning (often destructive)

• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking

• a severe trial

• intense adverse criticism

• start firing a weapon

• cause to go off

• bake in a kiln so as to harden

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• go off or discharge

• drive out or away by or as if by fire

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• destroy by fire

• provide with fuel

• generate an electrical impulse

• become ignited

• start or maintain a fire in

• a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned

• an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• furnish with a grate

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry

• reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface

• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

• scratch repeatedly

• a stone that forms a hearth

• a kitchen appliance used for cooking food

• any heating apparatus

• a pit whose floor is incandescent lava

• an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built