pyre
Cremation wood stack
A pyre is a pile of wood or other combustible material for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite.
The practice is ancient and continues in some cultures, particularly Hindu tradition.
Figuratively, pyre describes anything consumed by flames: The rioters made a pyre of overturned cars.
Service honoring the dead
- cremationBurning the deceased
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- remainsContinues in place
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
incineration · corpse · body · deceased · shroud · bier · casket · death
Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
burn · combustion · heat · ash · sparks · glow · char · smolder
Tree-derived building material
- logsCut wood sections
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- stackItems piled vertically
- platformRaised flat structure
piled · timber · branches · construction · built · raised · erected · torch
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- eulogyTribute for the dead
tribute · farewell · remembrance · memorial · condolences · mourners · weeping · lament
funeral
Service honoring the dead
immolation · incineration · corpse · body · deceased · shroud · bier · casket · death · burning
blaze
Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
smoke · burn · combustion · heat · ash · sparks · glow · char · smolder · consume
wood
Tree-derived building material
platform · piled · timber · branches · construction · built · raised · erected · torch · lit
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
eulogy · tribute · farewell · remembrance · memorial · condolences · mourners · weeping · lament · honor
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- funeral riteDeath ceremony customs
offering · priest · mourners · procession · chant · prayers · vigil · tradition · ancestors · spirits
- sacrificeburnt offering, blood sacrifice, human sacrifice, animal sacrifice, immolation
- Trojan WarTroy, Achilles, Hector, Helen, Odysseus
- martyr symbolspalm branch, halo, aureole, wheel, gridiron
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
pyregrave
Serious and worrying
burial · tomb · interment · inhumation · sepulcher
pyrepreservation
Maintaining something's condition
extinguisher · ice · refrigeration · cold storage · freezing
- funeral pyreOutdoor body-burning structure