Meanings
nounfire pit (plural fire pits)
plural fire pits
- alternativeAlternative spelling of firepit.
Traditionally, a clambake involves building a fire pit, coating the hot rocks and coals with seaweed and cooking a mélange of treats — lobsters, clams, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob — topped with a wet tarp.
2015 July 10, Alexandria Symonds, “How to Throw a Clambake Like You’re From Rhode Island”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN
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