"grassfire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grassfires [plural]
Etymology: From grass + fire. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|grass|fire}} grass + fire Head templates: {{en-noun}} grassfire (plural grassfires)
  1. A fire burning over grass or grassland. Categories (topical): Fire Synonyms: grass fire Translations (fire burning over grass or grassland): græsbrand (Danish), rohutulekahju (Estonian), kulo (Finnish), kulopalo (Finnish), ruohikkopalo (Finnish), Grasfeuer (German), sinubruni [masculine] (Icelandic), gressbrann (Norwegian Bokmål), grasbrann (Norwegian Nynorsk), gräsbrand [common-gender] (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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