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FOREST FIRE

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• FOREST FIRE (noun)
The noun FOREST FIRE has 1 sense:

1. an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area

Familiarity information: FOREST FIRE used as a noun is very rare.

• FOREST FIRE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An uncontrolled fire in a wooded area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("forest fire" is a kind of...):

fire (the event of something burning (often destructive))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forest fire"):

crown fire (a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire)

ground fire (a forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface)

surface fire (a forest fire that burns only the surface litter and undergrowth)

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