hearthrug
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A rug placed in front of a fireplace, on the hearth.
Example Sentences
- "The clock in the Warden’s drawing-room had just struck eight, and already the ducal feet were beautiful on the white bearskin hearthrug."
- "Penelope rose from the hearthrug and threw herself on to the Chesterfield."
- ""Just as I reached Amen, when the creature should have been slinking away abashed, the big bearskin hearthrug stood up on end and simply enveloped me.""