Inglenook

Word INGLENOOK
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈɪŋɡ(ə)lnʊk/

Definitions and meanings of "Inglenook"

What do we mean by inglenook?

A nook or corner beside an open fireplace. noun

A bench, especially either of two facing benches, placed in a nook or corner beside a fireplace. noun

A corner or nook beside an open fireplace. noun

A bench or seat placed in a fireplace inglenook. noun

A corner by a fireplace noun

A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.

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The word "inglenook" in example sentences

Finally he lit his pipe, and sitting in the inglenook of the old village inn he talked slowly and at random about his case, rather as one who thinks aloud than as one who makes a considered statement. ❋ Unknown (2010)

• The living room inglenook was recreated by the previous owners using old photographs and distinguishing marks on the floor and fireplace. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A very wide fireplace would be the focal point of one wall, almost like an inglenook in Arts and Crafts homes. ❋ Hels (2009)

That's me chilling at the inglenook in the red glow of the room .... ❋ Unknown (2007)

A new inglenook replaced one that had been torn out. ❋ AUDREY NIFFENEGGER (2009)

Inside, he found the same scuffed flagstones on the floor, the inglenook fireplace and the high-backed wooden pews, blackened by the wood smoke of so many winter nights. ❋ Peter Pringle (2007)

She walked towards the fire blazing in the inglenook. ❋ Lawrence, Kim (2005)

Anguish has driven her from the inglenook of home to the white-shrouded and icy hills. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He still held Owyn's hand in a firm clasp; he used that now to draw Owyn forward and to one of the two inglenook seats at the hearth. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2000)

There was a sudden gurgling, clicking noise from the inglenook, emerging from what I had thought to be a pile of blankets draped across a chair to dry near the heat. ❋ King, Laurie R. (1998)

I found the delicacy of her unspoken question amusing, particularly as it was couched in a nearly unintelligible dialect and put to us in a tiny, multiple-purpose room already overcrowded with humanity, two dogs, and a basket of newly hatched chicks peeping beside the inglenook fireplace that functioned as kitchen range. ❋ King, Laurie R. (1998)

A scrawny young girl in the inglenook had gotten to her feet; she looked frightened to death, but bravely clutched a stone ale bottle in one fist, evidently intending to hit Roger with it, if necessary. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1997)

After dinner, when Gran was already nodding in the inglenook by the fire and Mam was settling opposite her, Marged drew her shawl over her shoulders and went out walking. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1996)

"Oh, but she do play lovely, our Marged," old Mrs. Evans said from her seat in the inglenook. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1996)

He'd sat in the kitchen to do his drinking, at the small square table in the inglenook overlooking the garden. ❋ George, Elizabeth (1996)

"What is happening, Marged, fachl" her grandmother asked from the inglenook beside the fire. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1996)

Sitting in the inglenook beside the fire was an elderly woman, whom he could not remember seeing before. ❋ Balogh, Mary (1996)

It was the kind of room often seen in the pages of glossy magazines: beamed, low-ceilinged, with casement windows on three sides and a huge inglenook fireplace. ❋ Simpson, Dorothy, 1933- (1993)

The house dated back to the fifteenth century and over the large inglenook fireplace was a painting of one of his ancestors. ❋ Cole, Martina (1992)

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