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Fireplace vs Log - What's the difference?

fireplace | log |

As a noun fireplace

is an open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

As a symbol log is

logarithm.

fireplace

English

(wikipedia fireplace)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 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.}}

    log

    Translingual

    (Logarithm)

    Symbol

    (head)
  • logarithm
    • if x=b^y then \log_{b}(x)=y

    Hyponyms

    * (logarithm) (with base e) ln, lb

    Usage notes

    If not specified, the assumed base of the logarithm is either 10 or e, depending on context.
    Related terms
    * lb, ld, lg, ln