as in pile
a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body
a funeral pyre
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Recent Examples of pyre
Singapore’s Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum houses a tooth relic said to have been recovered from the Buddha’s funeral pyre in a giant stupa fashioned from 705 pounds of gold.
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Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Carcasses of trees are piled up like pyres in one; in another, they are laid flat like a mass grave.
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Varanasi was quite an experience, seeing the funeral pyres.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
The pyre and human remains were found near the base of Mount Hora, a granite mountain that rises abruptly from and towers hundreds of feet above an otherwise flat plain.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Carcasses of trees are piled up like pyres in one; in another, they are laid flat like a mass grave.
—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Varanasi was quite an experience, seeing the funeral pyres.
—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
The pyre and human remains were found near the base of Mount Hora, a granite mountain that rises abruptly from and towers hundreds of feet above an otherwise flat plain.
—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyre
Noun
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Many have camped out along the edge of the piles of crushed concrete and rebar, awaiting any word of their relatives.
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But Carron happily pointed to a pile of recycled asphalt that has a different plan.
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Try the singular lemongrass cheesesteak from Sahbyy Food ($10), topped with homemade pepper chips and a heap of fragrant cilantro.
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The previous day, a door was ajar and heaps of trash and children’s toys were visible inside.
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Customers may notice a stack of small business cards at the hostess stand near the entrance.
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The perfect alternative to wearing your gold ring stacks to the beach.
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Kotagiri was once a hill station from the British era, and that’s why many of its older houses feature the same heavy stone masonry.
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The rolling hills and pastureland of Vernon County are home to the highest concentration of organic farms in the state.
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Sometimes finding the right trees can be an adventure, hiking into forests and mountains to find the oldest trees, patriarchs that hold centuries of information.
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And in the agricultural fields, and in the mountain towns, and in the Sahara.
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“Pyre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyre. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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