Recent Examples on the WebSand chairs are provided with general admission and family packages are available for beach bonfires with s’mores.—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024 The family wore traditional outfits, Mr. Gomez and his sisters performed a dance around a bonfire and explained their culture and language.—James Wagner Federico Rios, New York Times, 17 May 2024 The Thule Society traced the Aryan race to a lost continent made of ice, while the Tannenberg Foundation, founded by General Erich Ludendorff, sought relief from the exigencies of modern life in the forests outside Munich by lighting bonfires and sacrificing horses in honor of Thor.—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024 It’s been nearly 80 years since the parades, bonfires, Champagne toasts and sailors kissing random strangers in the streets signaled the end of World War II.—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for bonfire
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English bonefire a fire of bones, from bon bone + fire
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