bonfire

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Synonyms: bonaire

Antonyms: bonaire

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Noun

{{senseid|en|Q9505308}}A [[large#Adjective|large]], [[controlled#Adjective|controlled]] [[outdoor#Adjective|outdoor]] [[fire#Noun|fire]] [[light#Verb|lit]] to [[celebrate]] something or as a [[signal#Noun|signal]].
A fire lit [[outdoors#Adverb|outdoors]] to [[burn#Verb|burn]] [[unwanted]] [[item#Noun|items]]; originally {{lb|en|historical}}, [[heretic#Noun|heretics]] or other [[offender]]s, or [[banned#Adjective|banned]] [[book#Noun|books]]; now, generally [[agricultural#Adjective|agricultural]] or [[garden#Noun|garden]] [[waste#Noun|waste]], or [[rubbish#Noun|rubbish]].
{{lb|en|figuratively}} Something like a bonfire ''(sense 1 or 2)'' in [[heat#Noun|heat]], [[destructiveness]], [[ferocity]], etc.
{{lb|en|obsolete}} A fire lit to [[cremate]] a [[dead#Adjective|dead]] [[body#Noun|body]]; a [[funeral#Adjective|funeral]] [[pyre]].

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{{lb|en|intransitive|rare}} To [[make#Verb|make]], or [[celebrate]] around, a bonfire.

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