Found 2 items, similar to Pyre.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pyre
pyre
n : wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
funeral pyre]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pyre
Pyre
\Pyre\, n. [L. pure, Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See
Fire.]
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are
burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
[1913 Webster]
For nine long nights, through all the dusky air,
The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. --Pope.
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