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campfire

campfire

66 1.0
A small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking when camping
  • noun
  • /ˈkæmˌfaɪər/
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  • The scouts gathered around the campfire to roast marshmallows and share stories.
  • campfire stories
  • campfire songs
  • set up a campfire

So candlelight and fireplaces and campfires are, are fine.

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Examples

  • It's one thing to hear stories around a campfire; it's something else to see the place with survivors.

    Academic text (2003)
  • People moving in the glow of the campfire were visible on the other side of the brook.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • There was no light unless it was the stars of the moon or a campfire giving off red light.

  • Tell ghost stories by the campfire before it gets dark.

  • This was my first ever tattoo and I got it after a conversation with three friends around a campfire in my friend's forest.

  • Behind him is a small campfire where the other guys are slumped around talking.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • When they sang "Alouette" around the campfire, she did not know any of the French words.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • In just a few hours, you'll be sitting around a campfire with Andy making delicious, hot "sch'moes."

  • Numair began to get out the ingredients for campfire bread as Kitten watched with interest.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • As the sun set, we sat by the campfire, enjoying the warmth and the sound of crackling wood.

Synonyms

fire pit
vscampfire
4 2.9

An outdoor place that holds a fire for warmth or cooking

is a small open fire usually made on the ground for warmth or cooking
cookfire
vscampfire
  • Archaic
1 7.8

A small outdoor fire that people use to cook food

is a small outdoor fire used for warmth as well as cooking

Idioms

7 2.2

People sitting near a fire to talk and relax

Compounds

1 5.1

A girl who belongs to a club that teaches outdoor skills and leadership

How Big

wildfire
89 3.0
bonfire
64 1.0
campfire
66 1.0
candle flame
1 1.0

Surface Forms

campfire singular
campfires plural

Morphology

campfire = camp + fire (transparent) = camp + fire

A straightforward compound of two common nouns whose combined meaning (a fire used at a camp) is directly inferable.

Etymology

Campfire comes from two simple words: camp (as in camping, 'a place where people stay outdoors') and fire ('flame'). So a campfire is the fire you light at a camp for warmth, cooking, or sitting around with friends.