"hearthstone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/ [General-American], /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: hearthstones [plural]
Etymology: From hearth + stone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hearth|stone}} hearth + stone Head templates: {{en-noun}} hearthstone (plural hearthstones)
  1. A flat stone used to form a hearth. Translations (the stones around a fire): lareira [feminine] (Galician), teallach [masculine] (Irish), kailagila (Kilivila), pārua (Maori), årn [masculine] (Norn), arinn [masculine] (Old Norse)
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  2. (by extension) The fireside, home life. Tags: broadly
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  3. A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hearth-stone

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/ [General-American], /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: hearthstones [present, singular, third-person], hearthstoning [participle, present], hearthstoned [participle, past], hearthstoned [past]
Etymology: From hearth + stone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hearth|stone}} hearth + stone Head templates: {{en-verb}} hearthstone (third-person singular simple present hearthstones, present participle hearthstoning, simple past and past participle hearthstoned)
  1. (transitive) To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hearthstone-en-verb-mPqi7EB1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hearth-stone

Inflected forms

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