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In fact, a new top for ushering in more time spent cheering on your favorite team or toasting marshmallows around a bonfire is time and money well spent.—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025 State Beach has ample parking, public facilities, beachside eateries, picnic areas, walking and biking paths and more than 200 free fire pits for beachside bonfires.—Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 Warm up by a bonfire with pumpkin cake, pumpkin spice nitro coffee, and plenty of other homemade fall treats.—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Campfire Song At Rusty’s Lakeside Pub in Scottsville, Kentucky, with the cooler weather, everyone is ready for football, jeans, and bonfires.—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bonfire
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bonefire a fire of bones, from bon bone + fire
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