noun
Etymology
Origin of campfire
Explanation
A campfire is a small fire that you build when you're camping. A campfire is good for cooking food, boiling water, or warming your hands. Most boy and girl scouts learn how to build a campfire, which is useful when you're hiking or camping overnight. A campfire is perfect for toasting hot dogs and marshmallows, heating water for hot chocolate, and for sitting nearby when you tell ghost stories after dark. It's important to make sure a campfire is completely extinguished before you leave your camp site.
Vocabulary lists containing campfire
Example Sentences
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Cracker Barrel has switched back to some of its previous cooking procedures and restored menu items such as Campfire Meals and Uncle Herschel’s Favorite Breakfast that diners had requested.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
On the Niantic Campfire app, as well as on the Pokémon Go Los Angeles subreddit and Facebook group, players can find in-person happenings across the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
Campfire rockers like “Can’t Wait Any Longer” crackle and soothe while the seven-and-a-half-minute jammer “Laugh it Off” could keep us dancing all night.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023
Campfire Hotel; rates from around $100; view on Google Maps.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022
“Scholars want to close their eyes to the truth. Ghuls, wraiths, wights, jinn—they’re just stories. Tribal myths. Campfire tales. Such arrogance.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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