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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The
pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
pyre
n : wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
funeral pyre]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pyre
n.
1 A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
2 Any heap or pile of combustibles.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
pyre
n.
1 A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
2 Any heap or pile of combustibles.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
pyre
n.
1 A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
2 Any heap or pile of combustibles.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
pyre
n.
1 A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
2 Any heap or pile of combustibles.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pyre
Englanti n.
hautarovio
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pyre
n.
litet värnlöst barn eller djur
From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]
pyre
n.
litet värnlöst barn eller djur
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Pyre /pˈaɪə/
المحرقة
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
pyre //ˈpaɪɚ//
клада
funeral pile
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
pyre /pˈaɪə/
hranice
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pyre /pˈaɪə/
[funeral] Scheiterhaufen
Synonyms: funeral pile, stake, faggot, fagot
see: funeral piles, pyres, stakes, faggots, fagots
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
pyre //ˈpaɪɚ//
1. rovio, hautarovio
funeral pile
2. kokko, rovio
heap of combustibles
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
pyre /pˈaɪə/
1. चित्ता
"Buddha made his mind to renounce the world when he saw a burning pyre."
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
pyre /pˈaɪə/
halotti máglya
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
pyre //ˈpaɪɚ//
eld
funeral pile
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
pyre /pˈaɪə/
1. ölüleri yakmaya mahsus odun yığını
2. yanacak şey yığını.
From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:swe-deu ]
pyre /pˈyːrə/
Wicht
litet värnlöst barn eller djur
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈpaɪɝ/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "pyre":
backfire, balefire, beacon, beacon fire, blaze, bonfire, burning,
burning ghat, campfire, cheerful fire, combustion, conflagration,
corposant, cozy fire, crackling fire, cremation, crematory,
death fire, fen fire, fire, flame, flashing point, flicker,
flickering flame, forest fire, fox fire, funeral pile,
funeral pyre, ignis fatuus, ignition, incineration, ingle,
lambent flame, marshfire, open fire, prairie fire, raging fire,
reduction to ashes, sea of flames, sheet of fire, signal beacon,
smudge fire, three-alarm fire, two-alarm fire, watch fire,
wildfire, witch fire
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 火葬用的柴;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 火葬用的柴堆
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