bonfirelike

English

Etymology

bonfire +‎ -like

Adjective

bonfirelike (comparative more bonfirelike, superlative most bonfirelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bonfire.
   • 2003, Harry J. Shafer, Mimbres archaeology at the NAN Ranch Ruin, page 38:

     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.

   • 2006, Don Pendleton, Slaughter House, page 81:

     He could see the men in the bonfirelike glow of the second Kiowa, which had slammed to earth just beyond the inner perimeter fence.