grassfire

English

Alternative forms

• grass fire

Etymology

grass +‎ fire

Noun

grassfire (plural grassfires)

1. A fire burning over grass or grassland
   • 2009 January 20, Anne Wright with AAP, “Grassfire under control after burning property in Frankston North”, in Herald Sun‎^[1]:

     FIREFIGHTERS have controlled a grassfire which threatened houses in a heavily populated area in Melbourne's south.