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# bonfire

«bonfire» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large outdoor fire, made to burn rubbish or for a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bonfire, bonfires)

### meaning for a pupil

A bonfire is a large outdoor fire, made to burn rubbish or for a celebration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the UK and NZ, Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Night) in November has bonfires and fireworks; in Ireland bonfires are lit on Halloween or midsummer; in the USA and Canada people have bonfires at camps and beaches. In safety lessons: keep well back, never throw things like aerosol cans into a bonfire, an adult must be in charge, and know stop, drop and roll if clothes catch fire. In science: burning is a chemical change that needs fuel, heat and oxygen. Phrases: Bonfire Night, light a bonfire, around the bonfire.

### examples

- We toasted marshmallows by the bonfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x1)
- Keep back from the bonfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x2)
- On Bonfire Night we watched the fireworks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x3)
- Dad lit a bonfire to burn the dry leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x4)
- Check bonfires for hedgehogs before lighting them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x5)
- Never throw spray cans on a bonfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x6)
- We sang songs around the bonfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x7)
- The bonfire crackled and sparks flew up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x8)
- That was a fine place to make a bonfire, only the gardener was too busy just then to attend to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/#x9)

### note

Countable. One word. A bonfire is bigger than a campfire. Hedgehogs and other small animals often hide in bonfire piles, so check before lighting.

### In the corpora

- [A bonfire pile should be checked for hedgehogs just before it is lit, or moved to a new spot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/72-keeping-garden-wildlife-safe/8/)
- [Bonfire Night on 5 November in Britain remembers a failed plot to blow up Parliament in 1605.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/14/)
- [In Britain 5 November is Bonfire Night, remembering a plot in 1605 to blow up Parliament.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bonfire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonfire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.