as in campfire
a large outdoor fire
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Recent Examples of bonfire
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.
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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
At the time that Lauryn and Owen began dating, both parents approved of the other's child and enjoyed traveling to sports matches together and bonding afterward over bonfires.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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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
At the time that Lauryn and Owen began dating, both parents approved of the other's child and enjoyed traveling to sports matches together and bonding afterward over bonfires.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonfire
Noun
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Big Agnes Big Six Armchair Perfect for star gazing or hanging around the campfire, the Big Agnes Big Six armchair is going to be your new favorite piece of car camping gear.—
Will Porter,
Outside,
27 Sep. 2025
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Lifting the controller and swinging it swiftly down hammers steel at Atsu’s family forge, gently pulling the trigger urges a campfire’s tendrils higher, while tilting it this way and that lowers mushrooms further into that fire for cooking.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Throughout his career, Zilber helped plant millions of trees and was a part of the state's response efforts for severe weather events, including wildfires, floods and tornadoes.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The inflationary forest fire that many expected to see has yet to ignite.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire.—
Tomris Laffly,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Bonfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonfire. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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