Associations to the word «Pyre»

Wiktionary

PYRE, noun. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
PYRE, noun. Any heap or pile of combustibles.

Dictionary definition

PYRE, noun. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.