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Wonderful-sounding hearth (5)

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I believe the answer is:

grate

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'hearth' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'wonderful-sounding' is the wordplay.
'wonderful' becomes 'great' (I've seen this before).
'sounding' shows a homophone (sound like).
'great' is a homophone of 'GRATE'.

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(Other definitions for grate that I've seen before include "Firebasket" , "part of fireplace" , "in which Santa lands?" , "Reduce to small shreds" , "Great (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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