noun
pyre
PY
noun
1
A pile of wood built for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony.
"The mourners lit the funeral pyre at sunset."
How to Use Pyre
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA stack of wood built to burn a body during a funeral rite.
Common pairings
funeral pyre
light the pyre
Word Forms
pyres plural
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Greek pura, related to pur ("fire") — a doublet of the everyday word "fire."