hearthstone
/ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced […]."
- "I am going to my own hearth-stone, / Bosomed in yon green hills alone,"
- "The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land"
- "The denominational relations of a household will shape the future political positions of the young men growing around the hearth-stone, just as they did those of their fathers"
- "Lastly, there is the hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick and lumps of whiting"
- "We've a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/
- British English: /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/