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bushfire

noun

Etymology

From bush + fire.

  1. inherited from *péh₂wr̥✻
  2. inherited from *fōr✻ — “fire”
  3. inherited from *fuir✻
  4. inherited from fȳr — “fire”
  5. inherited from fyr
  6. formed as bushfire — “bush + fire”

Definitions

  1. An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area

    An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.

    • It should also be kept in mind that often bushfires start and move quickly and the information relating to their location and activity may take some time to assemble and make available.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bushfire. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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