campfirenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæmp.faɪər/us/ˈkæmp.faɪr/an outside fire, made and used by people who are staying outside or in tents
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Camping
- backpack
- backpacker
- billy
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- camp
- campground
- camping
- canvas
- caravan park
- cot
- fly
- flysheet
- glamping
- groundcloth
- groundsheet
- lean-to
- peg
- peg sth out
- trailer park
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Fire & flame
Examples from literature
- They’re cooking dinner over a campfire.
- Campers, tourists, hunters, and fishermen are responsible for many forest fires by neglecting to extinguish their campfires.
- Once again they were seated around the campfire.
- The boys found a locality that pleased them, and there erected the tent and started a campfire.
- The first two nights they had taken turns at staying on guard and tending the campfire.
- We slept with our heels to the campfire, and our heads on our saddles.