HyperDic: pyre

English > 1 sense of the word *pyre*:
NOUN	group	pyre, funeral pyre	wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

pyre > pronunciation
Sounds	pay'er
Rhymes	acquire ... wire: 63 rhymes with ayer...

English > *pyre*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
Synonym	funeral pyre
Broader	pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus	A collection of objects laid on top of each other
Spanish	pira funeral, pira
Catalan	pira funeral, pira