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SURFACE FIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does surface fire mean?
• SURFACE FIRE (noun)
The noun SURFACE FIRE has 1 sense:
1. a forest fire that burns only the surface litter and undergrowth
Familiarity information: SURFACE FIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A forest fire that burns only the surface litter and undergrowth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("surface fire" is a kind of...):
forest fire (an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area)
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