Definition of Pyre

a pile of flammable materials, often used for burning bodies

Examples of Pyre in a sentence

Over the pyre of wood in the backyard, we roasted marshmallows and hot dogs. 🔊

The tribesmen were burned on a pyre so the evil spirits could not capture their bodies.  🔊

When my husband left me for his clerk, I burned all his clothes in a pyre in the front yard. 🔊

Dead Vikings were sometimes cremated on a funeral pyre in a boat.  🔊

During the search of the pyre in the killer’s yard, the police found scorched human bones.  🔊

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