grassfire

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

grass + fire

Noun

grassfire (plural grassfires)

  1. A fire burning over grass or grassland
    • 2009 January 20, Anne Wright with AAP, “Grassfire under control after burning property in Frankston North”, in Herald Sun:
      FIREFIGHTERS have controlled a grassfire which threatened houses in a heavily populated area in Melbourne's south.
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