Definitions for campfire
ˈkæmpˌfaɪərcamp·fire

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1. campfirenoun

   a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)

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1. campfirenoun

   fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.

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1. CAMPFIRE

   The Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) is a Zimbabwean community-based natural resource management program. It is one of the first programs to consider wildlife as renewable natural resources, while addressing the allocation of its ownership to indigenous peoples in and around conservation protected areas.

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1. campfire

   A campfire is an outdoor fire that is typically created in a pit, used for various purposes such as cooking, warmth, light, or a social gathering spot, particularly in a camping or survival setting. It is often surrounded by stones and controlled to prevent it from spreading.

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1. Campfire

   A campfire is a fire lit at a campsite, to serve the following functions: light, warmth, a beacon, an insect and/or apex predator deterrent, to cook, and for a psychological sense of security. In established campgrounds they are usually in a fire ring for safety. Campfires are a popular feature of camping, particularly among organized campers such as Scouts or Guides.

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1. campfire

   The campfire symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the campfire symbol and its characteristic.

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How to pronounce campfire?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of campfire in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of campfire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of campfire in a Sentence

1. Ginger Robbins:

   We had no reason to believe there was anything like that wrong, she was always very healthy. She was always doing something, taking us to Campfire Girls, fishing, swimming. She was an excellent swimmer.

2. Hugh Osborn:

   The typical brown dwarf temperature is somewhere between luke-warm water, which would appear black to our eyes, and a campfire, which would glow faintly red, in the case of [this system], the brown dwarf is being heated by the star it orbits, meaning the dayside of the object would be glowing red hot. The night side would be darker, but some of this heat would be sucked around by winds, heating it up.

3. Newt Gingrich:

   I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.

4. Adair Reinhard:

   I wanted to bring him back to all the good times we had, and singing around the campfire and him playing his guitar, and so just started singing those Peter, Paul and Mary songs, we could really hear him suffering.

5. Forest Supervisor James Melonas:

   Under current conditions, one abandoned campfire could cause a catastrophic wildfire, and we are not willing to take that chance with the natural and cultural resources under our protection and care.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=campfire
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Campfire
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campfire
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=campfire
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=campfire