pyre

CEFRB2

/ˈpaɪɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A pile of wood used for burning a dead body.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any heap or pile of combustibles.

Examples

  • The pyre burns the dead, but anxiety burns the living.

  • The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

More examples

In context

  • For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare.

  • The effigy was set ablaze on the pyre.

  • Flames rose high from the pyre in the night sky.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

In some cultures, the dead body is placed on a blank to be burned completely.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire.