Fireplace vs Firebox - What's the difference?
fireplace | firebox |
An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
(vulgar) A redheaded woman (by synecdoche, pars pro toto), or her red pubic hair, from .
As nouns the difference between fireplace and firebox
is that fireplace is an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney while firebox is the chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.fireplace
English
(wikipedia fireplace)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace , their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}