Firefront

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The leading edge of a wildfire.

    "“A section of the firefront was stopped when it ran into that part of the forest where all of the light fuel had been burned a few months before,” Mr Dalton said."

Example

More examples

"“A section of the firefront was stopped when it ran into that part of the forest where all of the light fuel had been burned a few months before,” Mr Dalton said."

Etymology

From fire + front.

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