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1. (n.) urn
a large or decorative vase, esp. one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
2. urn
a vase for holding the ashes of the cremated dead.
3. urn
a large metal container with a spigot, used for making or serving tea or coffee in quantity.
4. urn
the spore-bearing part of the capsule of a moss, between lid and seta.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME urne < L urna earthen vessel, akin to urceus pitcher, Gk hýrchē jar)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) urn
a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
2. (noun) urn
a large pot for making coffee or tea
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) URN
a vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn
2. (noun) URN
fig.: Any place of burial; the grave
3. (noun) URN
a measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius
4. (noun) URN
a hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca
5. (noun) URN
a tea urn. See under Tea
6. (verb) URN
to inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn
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Sense: a tall vase or other container, especially for holding the ashes of a dead person
a stone-age burial urn.
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Afrikaans: kruik |
Arabic: قارورَه، جَرَّه |
Bulgarian: урна |
Brazilian: urna |
Czech: urna |
German: die Urne |
Danish: urne |
Greek: δοχείο για τις στάχτες το |
Spanish: urna |
Estonian: urn |
Farsi: سبو |
Finnish: uurna |
French: urne |
Hebrew: צִנצֶנֶת אֶפֶר |
Hindi: अस्थि-कलश, कलश |
Croatian: urna |
Hungarian: urna |
Indonesian: guci |
Icelandic: (stór) krukka; duftker |
Italian: urna |
Japanese: つぼ |
Korean: (장식적인 굽 또는 대좌(臺座)가 있는) 단지 |
Lithuanian: urna |
Latvian: urna |
Malay: bekas simpan abu mayat |
Dutch: urn |
Norwegian: urne |
Polish: urna |
Persian: سبو |
Pashto: امره لوښى(دسوزول شوو مړو |
Portuguese: urna |
Romanian: urnă |
Russian: урна |
Slovak: urna |
Slovenian: žara |
Serbian: urna |
Swedish: urna |
Thai: โกศ |
Turkish: vazo |
Taiwanese: 骨灰甕 |
Ukrainian: урна |
Urdu: کوزہ، خاک دان |
Vietnamese: bình đựng tro hỏa táng |
Chinese: 骨灰瓮 |
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