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BONFIRE NIGHT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bonfire Night mean?

• BONFIRE NIGHT (noun)
The noun BONFIRE NIGHT has 1 sense:

1. effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night

Familiarity information: BONFIRE NIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BONFIRE NIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Bonfire Night; Guy Fawkes Night

Hypernyms ("Bonfire Night" is a kind of...):

November 5 (anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot)

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