: having an informal or intimate quality
a fireside chat
Examples of fireside in a Sentence
Noun
We sat chatting at the fireside.
couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
The main level features a cozy fireside lounge and a sleek kitchen with rustic tiled walls, high-end appliances, and a casual dining area.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Janeé Bolden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
The author of this column, Charlie Fink, is slated to have a fireside chat with Light Field Labs CEO Jon Karafin (founder of Lytro) about his development of naked-eye holograms, which presents 3D figures and objects made purely of light.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Noun
By the fireside, Milchick reads the story about Dieter’s masturbatory murder in full, reveling in all the gory details.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
The main level features a cozy fireside lounge and a sleek kitchen with rustic tiled walls, high-end appliances, and a casual dining area.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
This year’s lineup includes fireside chats with actress Kat Graham, star of Tyler Perry’s Duplicity, and Found co-showrunner Sonay Hoffman, as well as panels on funding, marketing and PR strategies.
—Janeé Bolden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
The author of this column, Charlie Fink, is slated to have a fireside chat with Light Field Labs CEO Jon Karafin (founder of Lytro) about his development of naked-eye holograms, which presents 3D figures and objects made purely of light.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Fireside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireside. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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