hearthside

Noun

 * 1) The area around the fireplace in the living-room of a family house.
 * 2) * Tuesday January 11, 2000,The Guardian, Judi James,
 * Working women are stressing out their male partners by discussing business problems around the family hearthside.

Adjective

 * 1) Used to identify something as normally being in the area of the fireplace.
 * A hearthside rug.
 * 1) Pertaining to an activity normal to the household, usually associated with the living-room, whether or not it has a real fireplace.
 * Every Wednesday we have a hearthside meeting of the family.
 * This is a good hearthside book.