pyre

pyre

P0685300 (pīr)n.1. A heap of combustibles for burning a corpse as a funeral rite.2. A pile of combustibles.

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[Latin pyra, from Greek purā, from pūr, fire; see paəwr̥ in Indo-European roots.]

pyre

(paɪə) na heap or pile of wood or other combustible material, esp one used for cremating a corpse[C17: from Latin pyra, from Greek pura hearth, from pur fire]

pyre

(paɪ^ər)

n. 1. a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material. 2. such a pile for burning a dead body, esp. as part of a funeral rite. [1650–60; < Latin pyra < Greek pyrá funeral pyre, derivative of pŷr fire]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pyre - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral ritefuneral pyrecumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

Translations

火葬用的柴堆

pyre

(ˈpaiə) noun a pile of wood on which a dead body is ceremonially burned. a funeral pyre 火葬用的柴堆 火葬用的柴堆