pyre
noun[C]
uk/paɪər/us/paɪr/alargepileofwoodon which adeadbodyisburnedin somepartsof theworld:
火葬堆AtraditionalHinducustomused toinvolvewidowsburningthemselvesaliveontheirhusbands'funeralpyres.印度过去有一个传统习俗,就是将寡妇在丈夫的火葬堆上活活烧死殉葬。
Places where bodies are buried or cremated
- burial ground
- catacomb
- cemetery
- charnel house
- churchyard
- columbarium
- crematorium
- crypt
- grave
- graveside
- graveyard
- mausoleum
- necropolis
- ossuary
- resting place
- sepulchre
- the Pyramids
- tomb
- vault