hearthstone

== English == === Alternative forms === hearth-stone === Etymology === From hearth +‎ stone. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/ Hyphenation: hearth‧stone === Noun === hearthstone (plural hearthstones) A flat stone used to form a hearth. (by extension) The fireside, home life. A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hearthstone (third-person singular simple present hearthstones, present participle hearthstoning, simple past and past participle hearthstoned) (transitive) To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone. === References === “hearthstone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “hearthstone”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.