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watchfire

watchfire noun: a fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.

Noun

watchfire (plural watchfires)

  1. A fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
    • Several praus went out in search of the pirates, sentinels were appointed, and watch-fires lighted on the beach to guard against the possibility of a night attack, though it was hardly thought they would be bold enough to attempt to plunder Dobbo.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 211

Forms of watchfire

pluralwatchfires

Origin of watchfire

From watch + fire.

Questions about watchfire

What does watchfire mean?
Watchfire means a fire maintained during the night by people keeping watch.
What part of speech is watchfire?
Watchfire is a noun.
What is the plural of watchfire?
The plural of watchfire is watchfires.

Words near watchfire in the dictionary

  1. watchets
  2. watcheye
  3. watcheyes
  4. watchface
  5. Watchfield
  6. watchfire
  7. watchfires
  8. watchful
  9. watchful waiting
  10. watchful waitings
  11. watchfull

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