Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bone fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: bone -fire
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English banefire.

Inflected Forms

bone fires (plural) bone-fire (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

bonfire

Questions

What does bone fire mean?: A fire lit with bones instead of wood, so that when livestock were driven between two such fires the acrid smoke drove off parasites.
Where does bone fire come from?: Inherited from Middle English banefire.

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