单词	pyre
释义	pyre noun ˈpī(-ə)r  : a combustible heap for burning a dead body as a funeral rite broadly : a pile of material to be burned a pyre of dead leaves Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Within 15 minutes of lighting his friend’s funeral pyre, Mr. Zinjade heard a commotion where the man’s wife was standing. Kanika Gupta, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2022 One way to think about the inferno that tore through a critically important fuel-storage terminal in the Cuban port of Matanzas last week is as a funeral pyre for the 1959 revolution. Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022 In the first one, Mike Ehrmentraut (Jonathan Banks) stands beside a desert bonfire, a funeral pyre where the bloodstained truth about Howard Hamlin's (Patrick Fabian) death is being slowly burned away. Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 19 July 2022 Polly is shown only as a portrait in the ensuing funeral pyre, as her son Michael Gray (Finn Cole) lights her carriage aflame in tribute to their Romany gypsy heritage. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 June 2022 After the opening scene where Tommy learns of Polly’s death, the Shelbys have a funeral for Polly, which includes a wagon pyre, a tradition in keeping with the family’s roots. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 10 June 2022 As carts filled with bodies roll toward a mass pyre, Schindler spots the girl among the dead. Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 Under Gajewski’s hands, the orchestra surged now and then from candlelit prayer to roaring pyre. Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 The family travelled to Tibet to retrieve and cremate the body in a pyre at base camp. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Latin pyra, from Greek, from pyr fire — more at fire First Known Use 1587, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition pyre noun ˈpīr  : a heap of wood for burning a dead body pyre noun as in pile a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body a funeral pyre Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance pile heap hill stack barrow mountain cairn mound gathering bar cock collection bed embankment bank layer grouping pyramid aggregate drift rick mow hoard accumulation assemblage pileup knot array huddle jumble conglomeration
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