Collocations for "bonfire"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bonfire" in context.
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bonfire
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [lit, started] a bonfire
- singing around a bonfire
- come over tonight for a bonfire
- cook hotdogs on a bonfire
- roast marshmallows on a bonfire
- put the bonfire out (with)
- put out the bonfire (with)
- pour water on the bonfire
- toss [dirt, sand] on the bonfire
- pee on the bonfire (to put it out)
- a [hot, warm, blazing] bonfire
- put wood on the bonfire
- smoke from the bonfire
- gazing at the bonfire
- make a bonfire to [celebrate, keep, burn]
- made a bonfire at [home, camp]
'bonfire' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):