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bon⋅fire

  [bon-fahyuhr]
–noun
1. a large fire built in the open air, for warmth, entertainment, or celebration, to burn leaves, garbage, etc., or as a signal.
2. any fire built in the open.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME bone fire, i.e., a fire with bones for fuel
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Bonfire
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bon·fire   (bŏn'fīr')   
n.  A large fire built outdoors, as for signaling or in celebration of an event.

[Middle English bonnefire : bon, bone; see bone + fir, fire; see fire.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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bonfire 
1556, from M.E. banefire (1483), originally a fire in which bones were burned. Johnson mistakenly derived it from Fr. bon "good."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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