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bonfirelike

bonfirelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a bonfire.

Adjective

bonfirelike (comparative more bonfirelike, superlative most bonfirelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bonfire.
    • Changing firing practices — perhaps simply by placing the vessel facedown in the outdoor bonfirelike kiln — allowed the paint to fire black in a reduced atmosphere.2003, Harry J. Shafer, Mimbres archaeology at the NAN Ranch Ruin, page 38
    • He could see the men in the bonfirelike glow of the second Kiowa, which had slammed to earth just beyond the inner perimeter fence.2006, Don Pendleton, Slaughter House, page 81

Forms of bonfirelike

comparativemore bonfirelike
superlativemost bonfirelike

Origin of bonfirelike

From bonfire + -like.

Questions about bonfirelike

What does bonfirelike mean?
Bonfirelike means resembling or characteristic of a bonfire.
What part of speech is bonfirelike?
Bonfirelike is an adjective.

Words near bonfirelike in the dictionary

  1. bonfire societies
  2. bonfire society
  3. bonfire toffee
  4. bonfire tree
  5. bonfired
  6. bonfirelike
  7. bonfires
  8. bonfires of the vanities
  9. bonfiring
  10. bonfirings
  11. bong

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