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BALEFIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balefire mean?
• BALEFIRE (noun)
The noun BALEFIRE has 1 sense:
1. a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration
Familiarity information: BALEFIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
balefire; bonfire
Hypernyms ("balefire" is a kind of...):
fire (the event of something burning (often destructive))
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