Firelight

//ˈfaɪə.laɪt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace. countable, uncountable

    "He sat on by the cheerful firelight thrown from a bundle of green ash-sticks laid across the dogs; the sticks snapped pleasantly, and hissed out bubbles of sap from their ends."

  2. 2
    the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace) wordnet

Synonyms

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light

Example

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"Mary's face looked ashen in the firelight."

Etymology

From Middle English fire liȝt, fyre lyghte, from Old English fȳrlēoht, equivalent to fire + light.

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