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watchfires

watchfires is the plural of watchfire.

Meaning of watchfire

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

Questions about watchfires

What is watchfires the plural of?
Watchfires is the plural of watchfire.

Words near watchfires in the dictionary

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

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