pyre

noun
🔊/ˈpaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˈpaɪər/
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  1. a large pile of wood on which a dead body is placed and burned in a funeral ceremony(火葬用的)柴堆Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPyre is used after these nouns:
    • funeral
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek pura, from pur ‘fire’.