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  • noun a fire for cooking

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Examples

  • And the cookfire flames retreated into the soundproof cellar of ashes.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • She spoke to him as they sat around the small cookfire.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • With that, he dropped to his haunches and set about building a cookfire.

    Stalling 2010

  • Like Les Stroud, Knowles did not need a camera crew with him, but sent dispatches and drawings to the media written with his cookfire charcoal on birch bark.

    Eco-Libris: Naked in the Woods — A Book Review 2008

  • Mudge detached the catch from his waist and tossed the limp forms near the cookfire.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • The day of Kudra's fifteenth natal anniversary began like any other, with a predawn bath in the river, followed by prayers to Kali and an offering of clarified butter in the courtyard cookfire.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • Legs himself grabbed a burning branch from the nearest cookfire and headed out toward the circle of waggons.

    NaBloPoMo: Deuce Baggins, Private Eye, chapter 12 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Legs himself grabbed a burning branch from the nearest cookfire and headed out toward the circle of waggons.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Someone kicked the cookfire awake and sent up a fountain of sparks.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Someone kicked the cookfire awake and sent up a fountain of sparks.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

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