A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; (more generally) to burn or set alight. / (ceramics) To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.

plural of bonfire

simple past tense and past participle of bonfire

gerund of bonfire / (ceramics) The act of firing pottery using a bonfire.

present participle of bonfire

(UK) Synonym of Guy Fawkes Night

(Sussex) A group of people who celebrate Bonfire Night by processing through the streets of their town or village, and do other smaller events throughout the rest of the year.

plural of bonfire society

(Sussex) a male participating in bonfire celebrations.