noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
huge
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Silver cups - golfing trophies - crammed the mantelpiece over a huge arched brick fireplace .
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A narrow stairway of glossy marble led straight into a sitting room arranged around a huge open fireplace .
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The harp was brought to her and she took her customary seat by the huge fireplace in the north wall.
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He sat to the left of the huge fireplace .
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The focal point of reception was a huge brick fireplace .
open
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I noticed the attractive terracotta-tiled floor and another open fireplace which at the time housed the refrigerator.
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The logs in the Adam-style open fireplace crackled.
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In front of an open fireplace in the hall, a couple of large leather armchairs were occupied by two men in dark suits.
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Each was low and irregular, plain white plaster walls with prominent wooden spars bracing the ceiling and an open stone fireplace .
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A narrow stairway of glossy marble led straight into a sitting room arranged around a huge open fireplace .
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Their L-shaped living rooms were graced by open fireplaces , with the latest shapes in petrified wood adorning the mantelpieces.
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All that exists of the imposing dwelling is a few feet of wall and an open fireplace adjoining Cumnor Church.
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She noticed an open fireplace with an ornate mantelshelf in black marble.
■ NOUN
marble
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Over the marble fireplace was a portrait, presumably of the baronet who had commissioned the house.
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We occupy the sun porch, a windowless living room with a fake marble fireplace and a dining room behind glass doors.
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Inside, high ceilings, plaster cornices, marble fireplaces and a pine staircase contribute to its air of grandeur.
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A black leather suite was arranged around a white marble fireplace standing starkly against slate-grey walls and carpet.
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The Prince took his customary place before the plain white marble fireplace .
stone
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The dining room has a beamed ceiling and a wood-burning stove within a stone fireplace .
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They followed Dieter through the ornate entrance and into a large cool room with an enormous stone fireplace facing the door.
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Each was low and irregular, plain white plaster walls with prominent wooden spars bracing the ceiling and an open stone fireplace .
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I build a fire in the stone fireplace next to the cabin.
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A wood-burning iron stove occupied the hearth of a big stone fireplace at one end.
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The old man sat playing solitaire at a card table in front of the stone fireplace .
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The Judge was sitting in a great, high-backed oak chair, on the right-hand side of a great stone fireplace .
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The latter set about restoring its decrepit but largely unaltered state, uncovering the great stone fireplace in the hall.
■ VERB
stand
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He was standing by the fireplace .
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She trotted softly through the passageway letting out on the living room, and entered it and stood before the fireplace mantel.
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They walked down the hall and stood near the fireplace .
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I arrived home and my parents were standing in front of the fireplace .
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She was standing by the fireplace , staring at the photographs that were crowded along the mantlepiece top.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The family sat in front of the fireplace until late in the evening.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fire was burning in the ancient fireplace .
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A single cushion had been hurled across the room and it lay on the edge of the fireplace .
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Lodging: Resort lodging ranges from motel rooms to three-bedroom cabins with fireplaces and full kitchens.
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Once you are satisfied that the flue is in a usable condition, you can turn your attention to the fireplace itself.
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Only then did he stand with his back to the fireplace and look about the room.
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The system allows a lot more flexibility in the way the fireplace can be placed in the house.
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Then we built our fire in the outdoor fireplace to boil potatoes and heat up red beans for supper.
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We lean into each other, and then we go home to our little apartment and the fireplace .