BONFIRE NIGHT


Meaning of BONFIRE NIGHT in English

(also ˌGuy ˈFawkes night ) noun

[ U , C ] the night of 5 November, when there is a tradition in Britain that people light bonfires and have fireworks to celebrate the failure of the plan in 1605 to destroy the parliament buildings with explosives

For more information see the Cultural Guide

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.