Thesaurus results for CAMPFIRE

campfire

noun

Definition of campfire

as in bonfire

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Recent Examples of campfire What better time to make new friends, explore the outdoors, and learn skills from swimming to crafting to building a proper s'mores-worthy campfire? — Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026 According to the distillery, the whiskey delivers notes of grapefruit, eucalyptus, lemongrass, coconut, and campfire smoke. — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 From the 1890s on, countless Americans would sing his brother’s songs at school and church, at public singalongs, around the campfire and, of course, at Fourth of July celebrations. — Christopher Lynch, The Conversation, 1 July 2026 The president, 80, visited a train exhibit, journal exhibit, campfire exhibit and AI President Theodore Roosevelt exhibit at the library, as well as a Man in the Arena speech exhibit. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for campfire

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Noun

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
The property’s cold-weather setup—with igloos and seasonal programming, like holiday light trails and courtyard bonfires—offers a slower side of Montauk that most summer visitors never see.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Definition of bonfire

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Many millions of Americans and Canadians are breathing bad air right now due to smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires and additional wildfires in northern Minnesota.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Today, more than 800 wildfires are burning in Canada, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 July 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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