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Definition of bonfire in English: bonfirenounˈbɒnfʌɪəˈbɑnˌfaɪ(ə)r A large open-air fire used for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration. the smell of burning leaves from a garden bonfire figurative yet again, events had made a bonfire of her plans Example sentencesExamples - Potentially dangerous bonfires will also be removed in the run-up to November 5.
- The pair had been setting off fireworks, lighting fires and throwing aerosol cans onto a bonfire.
- The embers from the dying bonfires still burned, casting ghostly shadows over the ground.
- Across in Biggar, the bonfire celebrations date back to the pagan times when fire was worshipped.
- We ask people to be aware of the litter laws and not dump any type of rubbish for the bonfires on the greens.
- Of course, the smoke did not affect their own houses because the bonfire was at the bottom of their gardens.
- I was also familiar with bonfires and trash fires, and with the intense heat which they produced.
- Asked to dispose of it, he quietly burnt it on a bonfire in his back garden in Cheshire, the court heard.
- The fire is believed to have been caused by a bonfire which got out of control.
- Warnings have also been issued in relation to fire hazards caused by Hallowe'en bonfires.
- Celebrations went on late into the night with bonfires blazing around the deputy's home village of Ardfert.
- She added that the annual Halloween celebrations will see bonfires on the area, only making things worse than they already are.
- It was celebrated with bonfires, parades and people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.
- The bonfire of burning bras has finally died down and we should admit effeminacy is killing the arts.
- There are often bonfires in the back garden of that house.
- But it must also go up to acknowledge that, at that very moment, bonfires of celebration are being lit from one end of the land to the other.
- The burning of life-sized effigies of Guy Fawkes on bonfires is a relatively new custom.
- Last week, I got up at three in the morning, lit a bonfire in my garden, and started fixing the grass.
- A warning has gone out to people thinking of having bonfires in their gardens after a fire went out of control.
- Firefighters are warning that bonfires can become infernos in the current spell of hot weather.
Synonyms warning fire, warning light, signal fire, signal light, smoke signal, beam, signal, danger signal, guiding light
Origin Late Middle English: from bone + fire. The term originally denoted a large open-air fire on which bones were burnt (sometimes as part of a celebration), also one for burning heretics or proscribed literature. Dr Johnson accepted the mistaken idea that the word came from French bon 'good'. Definition of bonfire in US English: bonfirenounˈbänˌfī(ə)rˈbɑnˌfaɪ(ə)r A large open-air fire used as part of a celebration, for burning trash, or as a signal. the smell of burning leaves from a garden bonfire figurative yet again, events had made a bonfire of her plans Example sentencesExamples - The fire is believed to have been caused by a bonfire which got out of control.
- Across in Biggar, the bonfire celebrations date back to the pagan times when fire was worshipped.
- Warnings have also been issued in relation to fire hazards caused by Hallowe'en bonfires.
- The embers from the dying bonfires still burned, casting ghostly shadows over the ground.
- Potentially dangerous bonfires will also be removed in the run-up to November 5.
- The burning of life-sized effigies of Guy Fawkes on bonfires is a relatively new custom.
- A warning has gone out to people thinking of having bonfires in their gardens after a fire went out of control.
- Asked to dispose of it, he quietly burnt it on a bonfire in his back garden in Cheshire, the court heard.
- Firefighters are warning that bonfires can become infernos in the current spell of hot weather.
- There are often bonfires in the back garden of that house.
- Celebrations went on late into the night with bonfires blazing around the deputy's home village of Ardfert.
- Of course, the smoke did not affect their own houses because the bonfire was at the bottom of their gardens.
- Last week, I got up at three in the morning, lit a bonfire in my garden, and started fixing the grass.
- It was celebrated with bonfires, parades and people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.
- We ask people to be aware of the litter laws and not dump any type of rubbish for the bonfires on the greens.
- The pair had been setting off fireworks, lighting fires and throwing aerosol cans onto a bonfire.
- I was also familiar with bonfires and trash fires, and with the intense heat which they produced.
- The bonfire of burning bras has finally died down and we should admit effeminacy is killing the arts.
- But it must also go up to acknowledge that, at that very moment, bonfires of celebration are being lit from one end of the land to the other.
- She added that the annual Halloween celebrations will see bonfires on the area, only making things worse than they already are.
Synonyms warning fire, warning light, signal fire, signal light, smoke signal, beam, signal, danger signal, guiding light
Origin Late Middle English: from bone + fire. The term originally denoted a large open-air fire on which bones were burnt (sometimes as part of a celebration), also one for burning heretics or proscribed literature. Dr Johnson accepted the mistaken idea that the word came from French bon ‘good’. |