bonfire
A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signalA large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
» Don't get too close to the bonfire.
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4 sensesA large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
Freudenfeuer
костёрkostjór
бага́ттяbaháttja, во́гнищеvóhnyšče
a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration
A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
Scheiterhaufen
костёрkostjór
(figuratively)Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
(obsolete)A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
Examples
32 sentencesDon't get too close to the bonfire.
When is the bonfire going to be lit?
Are you sure you want to park that close to the bonfire?
Tom started a bonfire on the beach.
ruТом разжёг на пляже костёр. — marafon
Tom made a bonfire on the beach.
deTom errichtete am Strand ein Freudenfeuer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Forms
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