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CAMPFIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does campfire mean?
• CAMPFIRE (noun)
The noun CAMPFIRE has 1 sense:
1. a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
Familiarity information: CAMPFIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("campfire" is a kind of...):
fire (the event of something burning (often destructive))
Context examples
His stout mittens temporarily protected his hands, and he scooped live coals into the air in all directions, until the campfire took on the semblance of a volcano.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He spent half the day extending his campfire to the tree, at any moment a half dozen burning faggots ready at hand to fling at his enemies.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"An' right here I want to remark," Bill went on, "that that animal's familyarity with campfires is suspicious an' immoral."
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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