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rammed
adjective
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filled to capacity with people
hearth
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noun
(= fireplace)
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
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noun
(= fireside)
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
driven from hearth and home
fighting in defense of their firesides
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noun
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire