PYRE


Meaning of PYRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpī(-ə)r ]

noun

Etymology: Latin pyra, from Greek, from pyr fire — more at fire

Date: 1587

: a combustible heap for burning a dead body as a funeral rite ; broadly : a pile of material to be burned

a pyre of dead leaves

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