"cookfire" meaning in All languages combined

See cookfire on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cookfires [plural]
Etymology: From cook + fire. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cook|fire}} cook + fire Head templates: {{en-noun}} cookfire (plural cookfires)
  1. A fire used for cooking food. Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-cookfire-en-noun-ZE-NIcBG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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