urn
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4.2
- noun
- /ɜrn/
:
urna
- Look at those urns over there.
- Grecian urn
I knocked a bookshelf and the urn on the top of the bookshelf came crashing down.
- I knocked a bookshelf and the urn on the top of the bookshelf came crashing down.
- Fragmented into segments as a shoulder jutting from behind a garden urn on which it leans.
- The coffin is where she will lie briefly before she's cremated and she's picked the urn for her ashes, which she says will be her new.
- So it was left up to his granddaughter to carry the urn back through New Jersey and Dallas and Honolulu.
- I opened the grill, and I poured the charcoal and dirt into the urn.
Examples
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My father, Neleus, had this urn made to commemorate his victory at Cyparisseis.
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At the minister's right, an urn rested on a wooden stand.
Fiction book (1992) -
But notice how pretty the urn is.
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It's the guy in the back with the urn on his desk.
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- Well, what about the urn at the top of the stairs, sir?
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Another man in a black suit enters to carefully deposit a large silver urn on the desktop.
Fiction book (1998) -
Kate glanced down at the urn, then looked back up at me with a smile.
Fiction book (2000) -
In front of them, an alabaster urn was brought from Bergamo, a famous historical city near Smyrna.
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Three women were presented with ceramic urns painted with pink and yellow blossoms, lambs, and cherubs.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ornate urn on the mantelpiece was filled with beautiful flowers.
Synonyms
118
1.0
A container often made of glass or porcelain for holding cut flowers
Compounds
How Ornamental
Surface Forms
Etymology
Urn comes from the Latin urna, which meant a 'water jar' or 'vessel'. Because these jars were often beautiful and used in ceremonies or to hold ashes at funerals, an urn today is a large decorative vase used for display or ceremonies.