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campfire

/ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/ noun B1
  1. A 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.

Plural campfires

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“The fool has had no more sense than to jump at a woodcutter’s campfire, and has burned his feet,” said Father Wolf with a grunt.
The Jungle Book, p. 4 · B2
Shere Khan had jumped at a woodcutter’s campfire, as Father Wolf had said, and was furious from the pain of his burned feet.
The Jungle Book, p. 5 · B2

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