Definitions for urnɜrn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
urnɜrn(n.)
a large or decorative vase, esp. one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
Category: Fine Arts
a vase for holding the ashes of the cremated dead.
a large metal container with a spigot, used for making or serving tea or coffee in quantity.
Category: Common Vocabulary
the spore-bearing part of the capsule of a moss, between lid and seta.
Category: Botany
Origin of urn:
1325–75; ME urne < L urna earthen vessel, akin to urceus pitcher, Gk hýrchē jar
Princeton's WordNet
urn(noun)
a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
urn(noun)
a large pot for making coffee or tea
Wiktionary
urn(Noun)
a vase with a footed base
urn(Noun)
a metal vessel for serving tea or coffee
urn(Noun)
a vessel for ashes or cremains of a deceased person
Origin: From urna.
Webster Dictionary
Urn(noun)
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
Urn(noun)
fig.: Any place of burial; the grave
Urn(noun)
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
Urn(noun)
a hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca
Urn(noun)
a tea urn. See under Tea
Urn(verb)
to inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn
Translations for urn
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
urn(noun)
a tall vase or other container, especially for holding the ashes of a dead person
a stone-age burial urn.
- kruikAfrikaans
- قارورَه، جَرَّهArabic
- урнаBulgarian
- urnaPortuguese (BR)
- urnaCzech
- die UrneGerman
- urneDanish
- δοχείο για τις στάχτες του νεκρούGreek
- urnaSpanish
- urnEstonian
- سبوFarsi
- uurnaFinnish
- urneFrench
- צִנצֶנֶת אֶפֶרHebrew
- अस्थि-कलश, कलशHindi
- urnaCroatian
- urnaHungarian
- guciIndonesian
- (stór) krukka; duftkerIcelandic
- urnaItalian
- つぼJapanese
- (장식적인 굽 또는 대좌(臺座)가 있는) 단지, 항아리Korean
- urnaLithuanian
- urnaLatvian
- bekas simpan abu mayatMalay
- urnDutch
- urneNorwegian
- urnaPolish
- سبوPersian
- امره لوښى(دسوزول شوو مړو ايرو دساتلو لوښى): جګ چاينك، سماواروزمه لوښى دقهوې او چاى دپارهPashto
- urnaPortuguese
- urnăRomanian
- урнаRussian
- urnaSlovak
- žaraSlovenian
- urnaSerbian
- urnaSwedish
- โกศThai
- vazoTurkish
- 骨灰甕Chinese (Trad.)
- урнаUkrainian
- کوزہ، خاک دانUrdu
- bình đựng tro hỏa tángVietnamese
- 骨灰瓮Chinese (Simp.)
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