Thesaurus results for CAMPFIRE

campfire

noun

Definition of campfire

as in bonfire

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Recent Examples of campfire The smell is of a cozy campfire, but the surroundings are sleek and grand. — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 23 July 2026 Telescopes will be set up, and park workers will help guests make s’mores around a community campfire at the park’s roundhouse bridge. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 The campfire became a place where memory, music and moral knowledge passed between generations. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 These bars contain all the components of the campfire classic in a format that’s similar to lemon bars. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for campfire

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Noun

Fundamentally, the protest in Delhi amounted to a carnivalesque bonfire of Brand Modi.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
The resort features a 2,000-foot private beach for days spent in the sun and evening beach bonfires during the summer.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Definition of bonfire

Noun

Very low humidity paired with the bone dry, hot conditions will elevate wildfire risk across Central and Northern California.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
With Colorado's dry winters and sometimes windy weather, overhead lines have become a wildfire threat to communities.

— Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of wildfire

Noun

Similarly, a major firefighting operation was underway in southwest Germany near the village of Traisen, where the heat sparked a forest fire in an area that also contained unexploded ordnance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
This Anglican example near Beaufort, South Carolina, was built in the 1740s, but was largely destroyed by a forest fire in 1886.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026

Definition of forest fire

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