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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