pyre

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

funeral pyre

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