cookfire en · NOUN
Etymology
From cook + fire.
Meanings
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A fire used for cooking food.
"Well, we do need to keep some of it on hand, donchaknow. For fueling the cookfires and all that rot."
2005, Harry Turtledove, Alternate Generals III, unnumbered page:“Next evening when he was picking up buffalo chips to make a cookfire, that ram got him.
1978 December 16, John Fischer, “Henry Quiller's Sheep”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookfires | Number=Plur | lexicographic |