'Pyre' definitions:
Definition of 'pyre'
(from WordNet)
noun
Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn: pyre, funeral pyre]
Definition of 'Pyre'
From: GCIDE
- Pyre \Pyre\, n. [L. pure, Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See Fire.] A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. [1913 Webster]
- For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pyre'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backfire,
- balefire,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- blaze,
- bonfire,
- burning,
- burning ghat,
- campfire,
- cheerful fire,
- combustion,
- conflagration,
- corposant,
- cozy fire,
- crackling fire,
- cremation,
- crematory,
- death fire,
- fen fire,
- fire,
- flame,
- flashing point,
- flicker,
- flickering flame,
- forest fire,
- fox fire,
- funeral pile,
- funeral pyre,
- ignis fatuus,
- ignition,
- incineration,
- ingle,
- lambent flame,
- marshfire,
- open fire,
- prairie fire,
- raging fire,
- reduction to ashes,
- sea of flames,
- sheet of fire,
- signal beacon,
- smudge fire,
- three-alarm fire,
- two-alarm fire,
- watch fire,
- wildfire,
- witch fire