campfire
pronunciation
How to pronounce campfire in British English:
UK [ˈkæmpfaɪə(r)]
How to pronounce campfire in American English:
US ['kæmpfaɪər]
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- Noun:
- a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
Word Origin
- campfire (n.)
- also camp-fire, 1835, from camp (n.) + fire (n.).
Example
- 1. We cooked our food by the campfire and we had communal showers .
- 2. Later we won a dance contest at a campfire girls round-up .
- 3. By the lake burned a campfire with a tipi beside it . By the tipi were two young bears .
- 4. The origin of music , beginning with some primeval song around an ancient campfire , is impossible to date .
- 5. By evening we dined by the flickering light of our campfire and sang when we heard rustling in the woods .