Plural of bonfire
regular plural
The plural of bonfire is bonfires.
Forms of bonfire
| Singular | bonfire /ˈbɒnfaɪəɹ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bonfires |
| Countable | countable |
Bonfires in a sentence
- A number of towns in East Sussex, and on the borders of Kent and Surrey, make a special feature of huge bonfires and torchlight processions with fireworks on Guy Fawkes day or an early November Saturday.1953 January, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 68
- Groups sit around bonfires to burn old bankruptcy papers and share hobo stew.2017 November 17, Arlie Russell Hochschild, “In ‘Nomadland,’ the Golden Years Are the Wander Years”, in The New York Times Book Review…. From the entry hobo stew
- They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 333. From the entry pert
Meaning of bonfire
- noun A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
- noun 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.
- noun Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
Questions about the plural of bonfire
- What is the plural of bonfire?
- The plural of bonfire is bonfires.
- Is bonfire countable?
- Bonfire is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bonfire (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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