campfire

«campfire» in Mova's school dictionary: An outdoor fire made at a camp, used for warmth, light… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a campfire, campfires)

meaning for a pupil

1) An outdoor fire made at a camp, used for warmth, light and cooking. tree →

2) A gathering around such a fire, with stories and songs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and scouting it means stories, songs and toasting marshmallows. In safety lessons it is important: build campfires only in fire rings or allowed places, keep them small, keep water nearby, never leave them alone, and put them out completely (drown, stir, feel for heat). Many bushfires and forest fires start from campfires. In science it shows burning needs fuel, oxygen and heat (the fire triangle). Phrases: around the campfire, campfire songs, campfire stories, put out the campfire.

examples

• We sat around the campfire and toasted marshmallows. tree →
• Grandpa told spooky stories by the campfire. tree →
• Only build a campfire in the fire pit. tree →
• Pour water on the campfire and stir it until it's cold. tree →
• Keep a bucket of water next to the campfire. tree →
• Many forest fires start from campfires that were left burning. tree →
• We sang campfire songs until the stars came out. tree →
• The campfire kept us warm on the chilly night. tree →
• Shere Khan had jumped at a woodcutter’s campfire, as Father Wolf had said, and was furious from the pain of his burned feet. tree →

note

One word: campfire. In Australia it may be called a campfire or a «bush fire» is something different (a wild fire out of control). Check fire bans: on hot, dry, windy days all fires may be forbidden.

In the corpora

• A campfire is lovely but it is real fire.
• Stay about three big steps away from a campfire and never run around it, because you could trip and fall into the fire.
• A camper in Australia poured petrol on a slow campfire; the flames burst up into his face and he was badly burned.
• Example: a girl in Ohio gathers sticks for a campfire and spots a vine with three shiny leaves.
• Around a campfire, stay outside a safe circle, about three big steps away, and never run near it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «campfire» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.