pyre

UK: /ˈpaɪə^r/ US: /paɪr/ ,(pī^ər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

pyre /paɪr/   n. [countable]

1. a pile or heap of wood or other material that burns easily.
2. such a pile for burning a dead body, esp. as part of a funeral rite, as in India.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pyre  (pī^ər), n. 

1. a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
2. such a pile for burning a dead body, esp. as part of a funeral rite, as in India.

• Greek pyrá hearth, funeral pile
• Latin pyra
• 1650–60

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pyre / paɪə/ noun

1. a heap or pile of wood or other combustible material, esp one used for cremating a corpse

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin pyra, from Greek pura hearth, from pur fire