camp fire
camp fire is the alternative form of campfire.
Meaning of campfire
Noun
campfire (plural campfires)
- A 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.
- Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
We see him now — the old slouched...1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way
- Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
Forms of camp fire
| plural | camp fires |
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Questions about camp fire
- What is camp fire the alternative form of?
- Camp fire is the alternative form of campfire.
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