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bonfirelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From bonfire + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bonfire.
   • Changing firing practices — perhaps simply by placing the vessel facedown in the outdoor bonfirelike kiln — allowed the paint to fire black in a reduced atmosphere. 2003, Harry J. Shafer, Mimbres archaeology at the NAN Ranch Ruin, page 38:
   • He could see the men in the bonfirelike glow of the second Kiowa, which had slammed to earth just beyond the inner perimeter fence. 2006, Don Pendleton, Slaughter House, page 81:

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