Need another word that means the same as “bonfire”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “bonfire” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Bonfire” are: balefire, warning fire, warning light, signal fire, signal light, smoke signal, beam, signal, danger signal
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bonfire” as a noun can have the following definitions:
balefire | A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration. |
beam | An oscillating shaft which transmits the vertical piston movement of a beam engine to the crank or pump. The wide beams sprouted ten main tines. |
danger signal | A cause of pain or injury or loss. |
signal | An apparatus on a railway, typically a coloured light or a semaphore, giving indications to train drivers of whether or not the line is clear. The policeman raised his hand as a signal to stop. |
signal fire | Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message. |
signal light | An electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes. |
smoke signal | Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder. |
warning fire | A message informing of danger. |
warning light | Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness. |
arsonist | A person who commits arson. Police believe arsonists were responsible for both fires. |
bivouac | Stay in a bivouac. We bivouacked on the north side of the town. |
blaze | Indicate by marking trees with blazes. He blazed a drive into the rough. |
brazier | Large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times. |
brimstone | Sulphur. |
burn | A mark left on something as a result of being burned. He burned all the letters. |
burning | The act of burning something. Burning issues of the day. |
camp | Establish or set up a camp. The houseguests had to camp in the living room. |
campsite | A place used for camping, especially one equipped for holidaymakers. |
combust | Cause to burn or combust. The professor combusted when the student didn t know the answer to a very elementary question. |
combustible | A combustible substance. A volatile and combustible personality. |
combustion | The act of burning something. A large combustion plant. |
fiery | Very intense. A fiery temper. |
fire | A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning. She was freezing and keeping the fire low to save money. |
flame | Shine or glow like a flame. The car was engulfed in flames. |
flammable | Easily set on fire. The use of highly flammable materials. |
hazardous | Involving risk or danger. It is hazardous to personal safety. |
igneous | (of rock) having solidified from lava or magma. Igneous activity. |
ignite | Start or maintain a fire in. He lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes. |
incinerate | Cause to undergo combustion. The paper incinerated quickly. |
incinerator | An apparatus for burning waste material, especially industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash. |
pyre | A heap of combustible material, especially one for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony. |
scorch | A plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues. The meat had scorched. |
scorching | Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface. She set a scorching pace. |
smolder | A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame. A smoldering fire. |
smoulder | Smoke coming from a smouldering fire. The smoulder suddenly became a blaze. |
stove | Treat an object by heating it in a stove in order to apply a desired surface coating. Dinner was already on the stove. |
sun | Sit or lie in the sun. Buzz could see Clare sunning herself on the terrace below. |
tan | Tan from which the tannin has been extracted used for covering the ground for walking riding children s play etc and in gardening. The overall colour scheme of tan and cream. |
vacation | Spend or take a vacation. I was vacationing in Europe with my family. |
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