Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An outdoor fire in a camp, used for cooking or warmth: sat around the campfire, telling scary stories.
- n. A meeting held around such a fire.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
Etymologies
- camp + fire (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The boys assume the castle must be near them, since their campfire is at the edge of a forest.”
“Word around the campfire is Phillip Seymour Hoffman* and Viggo Mortensen (fresh off Eastern Promises**) are set to star in Vanikoro for Hitman director Xavier Gens.”
“As for Sen. McCain, anything he can do to set himself up as the political independent he once claimed to be so he can have a shot at the nomination works for him, and pissing on the Bush campfire is just the ticket.”
“But the persistent smell, countywide, of campfire is still with us, and authorities say that they don't hope to have control of the fires for several more days.”
“A campfire is built, the rigs are baited and cast, and the rods are propped on forked sticks or placed in holders.”
“It’s a place for affluent travelers who want to enjoy the outdoors but can’t fathom using a smelly outhouse, a place where paying someone to light the campfire is a badge of honor, not the mark of a Boy Scout flunky.”
“A bunch of pussies drinking Natty Light and jacking each other off around the campfire is hardly a fighting force ….”
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“… Well, word around the unsubstantiated rumor campfire is that Robert Zemeckis’ next project will be a motion-capture CGI version of A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey playing Ebenezer Scrooge.”
“Anyway, the word around the campfire is that Justice League of America may be called American Heroes now – which would be funny considering the GI Joe movie coming out and its Real American Heroes tagline – though probably won’t matter since JLA probably won’t ever get made.”
“The campfire is an important ritual in my life that I look forward to every year when I visit here, but it is also a reminder of the man I am proud to call my friend, colleague, and mentor.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘campfire’.
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fire place
place to place 'fire' words
fire eater, field of fire, campfire, backfire, cannon fire, cease-fire, crown fire, center-fire, direct fire, fire pit, cookfire, fire tongs and 111 more...
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Mandles, Candles for Men
candles with a "manly" scent
a1 steak sauce, baseball glove, grillin' out, campfire, pigskin, bowling alley, musty locker room, chuck norris sweat, urinal deodorizer, bait shop, wet dog, hardware store and 210 more...
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Beautiful Compound Words
aftermath, afterthought, butterfly, campfire, colorblind, backhand, crossword, cupcake, dollhouse, drawbridge, dreadlock, dreamscape and 73 more...
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Camp
I'll bring the bug spray and the waterproof matches.
camp, camping, camper, campylobacter, Jane Campion, campy, campesino, Camp David, campfire, camptown, scamp, Hello Muddah, Hel... and 88 more...
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Fire when ready
Words and phrases containing fire.
fire ant, crossfire, fire and brimstone, spitfire, firepower, fireflower, firetower, firetrap, brushfire, fireworks, fire storm, fight fire with fire and 84 more...
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ready,aim, pyre
words with pyr or the sense of fire
pyrachanta, pyral, pyralis, pyrex, pyrexia, pyrite, pyrena, pyrene, pyrenees, pyrethroid, pyretology, pyrgom and 76 more...
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Buttery
Words that make me feel cozy
Noodle, Nugget, Butter, Soft, Snug, Feather, Socks, Knit, Mug, Curl, Billow, Lounge and 315 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Summertime
Words associated with summer
summer, sunshine, sunny, thunderstorm, cicada, cricket, firefly, ice cream, pool, laughter, water, beach and 21 more...
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Summer Words
A list of words that are somewhat related to summer.
carnival, marshmallow, campfire, beach, ocean, camp, fun, picnic, friends, vacation, sun, warm and 23 more...
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old west.
cowboy, outlaw, desperado, rancher, cattleman, brawl, gunslinger, chaps, saloon, whiskey, frontier, gold and 44 more...
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outside
its just outside you... could be in this room...
curmudgeon, awe, spill, campfire, pebble, scratch, treelimb, prism, handed, weeds, mortal, birth and 5 more...
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my words
words that I especially like, for whatever reason
infiltrate, confuzzle, deoxyribonucleic ..., inarticulate, literate, loquacious, incinerate, campfire, asanine, lunacy, inferior, qwerty and 67 more...
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Indiana
Hi. I'm in Indiana.
jigsaw puzzle, french dressing, Miracle Whip, TV dinner, crazy quilt, basement, supposably, nucular, warsh, Virginia Slims, railroad spike, model airplane and 14 more...
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Comfort Words
gingersnaps, railroad, molasses, soup, clover, thanksgiving, baked apples, hazelnut, ocean, campfire
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