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Noun: pyre  pI(-u)r
  1. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
    "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre";
    - funeral pyre

Derived forms: pyres

Type of: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile

Encyclopedia: Pyre

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