What is the meaning of Bonfire?

A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally , heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.

Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc.

A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.

  1. To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; to burn or set alight.
  2. To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
  3. To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.

To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; to burn or set alight.

To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.

To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire.

To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.

Source: wiktionary.org