campfire

/ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/

campfire noun: 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.

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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
- Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4

campfire meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

campfire in Tamil

சுடரொளிக் களியாட்டம்

campfire in Marathi

कॅम्पफायर

campfire in Bengali

শিবিরের আগুন

campfire in Telugu

క్యాంప్ఫైర్

More languagesFewer languages

campfire in Malayalam: ക്യാമ്പ്ഫയർ
campfire in Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಂಪ್ಫೈರ್
campfire in Punjabi: ਕੈਂਪਫਾਇਰ
campfire in Gujarati: કેમ્પફાયર
campfire in Nepali: क्याम्पफायर
campfire in Arabic: نَار مُخَيَّم nār muḵayyam
campfire in Malay: unggun api
campfire in Vietnamese: lửa trại

Examples of campfire in a sentence

The campfire died down, but it's still burning enough to feel some warmth through the night.
The campfire was ready to go, so she burned it with her lighter.
Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.

All 33 example sentences with campfire

Forms of campfire

plural	campfires

Plural of campfire: campfires

Origin of campfire

From camp + fire.

Words formed from campfire

Phrases with campfire

Questions about campfire

What does campfire mean?: Campfire means 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.
What is campfire in Tamil?: Campfire in Tamil is சுடரொளிக் களியாட்டம். See Campfire meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is campfire?: Campfire is a noun.
How do you pronounce campfire?: Campfire is pronounced /ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/.
What is the plural of campfire?: The plural of campfire is campfires.

Words near campfire in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: campfire (page history and authors); campfire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); campfire (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campfire (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); campfire (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campfire (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campfire (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campfire (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campfire (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); campfire (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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