inglenook.

A recessed space beside or around a large fireplace, often containing seats.

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Words that belong together

• stone inglenook
• inglenook fireplace
• sit in an inglenook

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They placed two chairs inside the inglenook.

The inglenook’s stone seat stayed cool beyond the reach of the fire.

A child could hide in the shadowed corner of the inglenook.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular inglenook; plural inglenooks. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.