'open fireplace' definitions:

Definition of 'open fireplace'

From: WordNet
noun
An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" [syn: fireplace, hearth, open fireplace]