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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The act or process of making a fire; especially, the skill in getting a fire going, even despite adverse conditions, such as wet weather, darkness, and so on..
To his pleasure his father proved to be well versed in the art of firemaking and of cooking in the open.
She laboriously drilled holes through each piece of bone with a hand driller bow and pointed wood spike such as that used for firemaking, and a small piece of flint attached to a wooden shaft with a string of animal hide.
She was right about the smell, so I walked a little distance away from the bustle and hurry of unsaddling and firemaking till I came to a small irrigation channel.
Use firemaking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Firemaking means The act or process of making a fire; especially, the skill in getting a fire going, even despite adverse conditions, such as wet weather, darkness, and so on..
Common synonyms include firestarting, firelighting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To his pleasure his father proved to be well versed in the art of firemaking and of cooking in the open.
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