Found 2 items, similar to Funeral pyre.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: funeral pyre funeral pyre n : wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn: pyre]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Funeral pyre Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.] Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Funeral pile or Funeral pyre, a structure of combustible material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre. -- Fu"ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]