Thesaurus results for CAMPFIRE

campfire

noun

Definition of campfire

as in bonfire

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Recent Examples of campfire The cookies combine chocolate, marshmallow and pieces of graham cracker, giving the classic campfire dessert a bakery-style makeover. — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Or get in the holiday spirit with a Lego princess calendar that includes a cozy campfire, roaring fireplace, and a delectable-looking gingerbread castle. — Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026 The curse on Crystal Lake is traced back to Jason’s previous drowning as a group sits around a campfire in the dark. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 Wardens then used drones with thermal imaging to find the campfire and the missing man. — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for campfire

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About 150 competitors from Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina and more are expected to converge at the annual rodeo, which began as a bonfire among fellow equestrians and farmers.

— Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Beach towns are cool, but some destinations were simply made for cozy evenings by the bonfire, drinking cider, taking hayrides, attending harvest festivals, and driving through scenic fall foliage.

— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of bonfire

Noun

El Niño threatens soy and corn harvests in the south while plunging savannahs and rainforests into drought and sparking wildfires.

— DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Senators involved in those negotiations, including Pérez, resisted ending the process which is called subrogation and dramatically increases a utility’s liability when it’s found at fault for wildfires that burn into communities.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 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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