Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cookfire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cook-fire
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fire used for cooking food.

Example Sentences

"“Next evening when he was picking up buffalo chips to make a cookfire, that ram got him."
""Well, we do need to keep some of it on hand, donchaknow. For fueling the cookfires and all that rot.""

Etymology

From cook + fire.

Inflected Forms

cookfires (plural)

Questions

What does cookfire mean?: A fire used for cooking food.
Where does cookfire come from?: From cook + fire.

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