(obsolete, or, Scotland) Beside an open fireplace.
(obsolete, or, Scotland) Beside an open fireplace.
"ingleside" means: Beside an open fireplace.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"ingleside" means: Beside an open fireplace.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (obsolete) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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"ingleside" means: Beside an open fireplace.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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A line at the side of something.
(UK, often, attributive) The side of a dale.
(originally, Scotland, architecture, chiefly, historical) A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.
A British geographical descriptor for the side or slope of a dale — a valley, particularly in northern England where 'dale' is the standard word for a river valley (as in Wensleydale, Swaledale). Used as a noun or in attributive position to describe communities, landscapes, or properties situated along a valley's flank. Common in Yorkshire and the Lake District contexts.
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(UK) An outdoor passage alongside a house or other building, forming part of the property and typically leading to the back garden.