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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

campfire story

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
camp-fire s-to-ry
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of oral storytelling performed around an open fire at night, typically in the wilderness, largely connected with the telling of stories having supernatural motifs or elements of an urban legend.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

campfire stories (plural)

Questions

What does campfire story mean?
A form of oral storytelling performed around an open fire at night, typically in the wilderness, largely connected with the telling of stories having supernatural motifs or elements of an urban legend.

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