fireside
pronunciation
How to pronounce fireside in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪəsaɪd]
How to pronounce fireside in American English:
US [ˈfaɪərsaɪd]
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- Noun:
- an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
- home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
Word Origin
- fireside (n.)
- also fire-side, 1560s, from fire (n.) + side (n.). Symbolic of home life by 1848. As an adjective from 1740s; especially suggesting the intimately domestic.
Example
- 1. They became called " fireside chats " , because they seemed like cordial one-on-one conversations .
- 2. And roosevelt 's oratory , his fireside chats , helped to inspire people to support his programs .
- 3. Roosevelt was a media man : he inaugurated radio fireside chats and could be as good a speaker as churchill .
- 4. " We have a lot of problems , so nobody can relax , " he conceded in his latest fireside chat .
- 5. Roosevelt 's fireside chats started a tradition that has been followed by every us president since , but none has had as much success in influencing public opinion .