Meanings
noungrassfire (plural grassfires)
plural grassfires · alternative grass fire
- A fire burning over grass or grassland.
FIREFIGHTERS have controlled a grassfire which threatened houses in a heavily populated area in Melbourne's south.
2009 January 20, Anne Wright with AAP, “Grassfire under control after burning property in Frankston North”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2009
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Danish græsbrand
- græsbrandfire burning over grass or grassland
Estonian rohutulekahju
- rohutulekahjufire burning over grass or grassland
Finnish kulo, kulopalo
- kulofire burning over grass or grassland
- kulopalofire burning over grass or grassland
- ruohikkopalofire burning over grass or grassland
German Grasfeuer
- Grasfeuerfire burning over grass or grassland
Icelandic sinubruni
- sinubrunifire burning over grass or grassland
Norwegian Bokmål gressbrann
- gressbrannfire burning over grass or grassland
Polish pożar trawy
- pożar trawyfire burning over grass or grassland
Swedish gräsbrand
- gräsbrandfire burning over grass or grassland
Cite this entry
APA
grassfire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassfire
MLA
“grassfire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassfire. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grassfire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grassfire.
Source: grassfire on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.