Campfire meaning

kămp'fīr'
An outdoor fire in a camp, used for cooking or warmth.

Sat around the campfire, telling scary stories.

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A meeting held around such a fire.
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An outdoor fire at a campsite.
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A social gathering around such a fire.
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Fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.
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Origin of campfire

camp +‎ fire

Sentence Examples

  • Having no way to refuse, she followed him to the campfire of their host.

  • A huge campfire was blazing brightly in the midst of the snow, lighting up the branches of trees heavy with hoarfrost.

  • Someone had a campfire and it looked as if the door on the mine was used for fire wood.

  • "Well, now he'll come away," Petya thought every moment as he stood by the campfire listening to the talk.

  • When the officers had emptied and smashed their glasses, Kirsten filled others and, in shirt sleeves and breeches, went glass in hand to the soldiers' bonfires and with his long gray mustache, his white chest showing under his open shirt, he stood in a majestic pose in the light of the campfire, waving his uplifted arm.

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