open fireplace

Questions about open fireplace

What does open fireplace mean?

open fireplace means "an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built".

What is another word for open fireplace?

Close synonyms include fireplace, hearth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is open fireplace a common word?

open fireplace is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.