Bonfiring
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 gerund of bonfire form-of, gerund
- 2 gerund of bonfire; The act of firing pottery using a bonfire.
"Most women's traditions involve open firing such as bonfiring, pitfiring, or a fire surrounded by a low wall. More unusually, in Cyprus, Colombia and the Canaries individual potters have their own kilns."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bonfire form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Most women's traditions involve open firing such as bonfiring, pitfiring, or a fire surrounded by a low wall. More unusually, in Cyprus, Colombia and the Canaries individual potters have their own kilns."
Etymology
From bonfire + -ing.
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