hearth

noun

• A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven.
• An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
• The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
• A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
• Home or family life.
• A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.