crown fire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crown fire
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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This is the very condition identified as important to spotted owls — dense, multistoried canopies with high vulnerability to crown fire.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
The combination of dry brush and dense timber whipped the conflagration into a high-severity crown fire, in which flames run across the treetops, gaining speed and spitting out embers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
It’s also more refined, with its earthy hint of miso-agave rice just below the canopy of the taco’s crown fire.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2018
"Ground fire is a good thing, crown fire is a bad thing in his case," said fire incident spokesman Dennis Godfrey.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2013
This was hot enough to be a crown fire, if a breeze helped it.
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
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