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bonfirelike

adj

Etymology

From bonfire + -like.

  1. inherited from bonnefyre — “a fire in which bones are burnt, bonfire”
  2. suffixed as bonfirelike — “bonfire + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bonfire.

    • Changing firing practices — perhaps simply by placing the vessel facedown in the outdoor bonfirelike kiln — allowed the paint to fire black in a reduced atmosphere.
    • He could see the men in the bonfirelike glow of the second Kiowa, which had slammed to earth just beyond the inner perimeter fence.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA