Pyre
Pyre [ pahy-uh'r ] | |
[ noun ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. a stack of wood or other combustible material used to burn a dead body | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
It was difficult to light the funeral pyre as the wood had become damp due to the rain. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
A bid by a devout Hindu for the legal right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre has been rejected by the High Court in London. |