bonfirelike

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English

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Etymology

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From bonfire +‎ -like.

Adjective

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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.