pyre
/ˈpaɪɚ/ noun C2- A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned. · The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.· The effigy was set ablaze on the pyre.
- Any heap or pile of combustibles. · Flames rose high from the pyre in the night sky.
Plural pyres
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