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campfire Definition

camp·fire (kampfīr′)

noun

  1. an outdoor fire at a campsite
  2. a social gathering around such a fire

campfire Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • round: After the others had crashed out Rich and I sat round the campfire and shared our thoughts.
  • start: You can pitch a tent, start a campfire, build furniture by lashing tree branches together in theory anyway!
  • light: Spent the evening helping 8 to 10 year olds to learn to light a campfire.
  • have: We wanted to have a large campfire on the Saturday night.
  • make: Roly's boys made sure the campfire was kept alight day and night.
  • leave: A 3 day ' tramping ' trip toward the snows of the Southern Alps, leaves only the beach campfire eating fresh salmon.

Preposition: at

night: For me the beers around the campfire at night were interesting.

Adjective modifier

  • traditional: At night, a traditional African campfire is lit where the gorilla briefings take place.
  • small: Well, it turns out that everybody's outside around a small campfire in the back yard ( garden ).
  • open: Your group prepares meals together over an open campfire.
  • large: We wanted to have a large campfire on the Saturday night.
  • good: A good campfire will have a mix of stunts.

Modifies a noun

  • circle: We all ended up in the campfire circle where I presented four worthy Leaders with their Queen's Scout Awards.
  • song: I was looking for campfire songs... Wow you have a really great site here with lots of info.
  • stunt: As well as campfire songs there are plenty of ideas for campfire stunts or skits to be found too.
  • light: Back to Top Each Campfire Lights Anew Each campfire lights anew, the flame of friendship true.
  • cooking: After that he was much less distracted and started taking over the campfire cooking.
  • singalongs: The steel string dreadnought western acoustic guitar is used for everything from pop, rock and country music to campfire singalongs.

Noun used with modifier

roaring: The evening is spent enjoying the healthy aching in our bodies around a roaring campfire.

Preposition: in

evening: Sitting round a campfire in the evening is also one of the best ways to end it too.