urn Definition
urn (ʉrn)
noun
- a vase, esp. one with a foot or pedestal
- such a vase used to hold the ashes of a cremated body
- a large metal container with a faucet, used for making and serving hot coffee, tea, etc.
- Bot. the part of a moss capsule that bears the spores
Etymology: ME < L urna, urn; akin to urceus, jug
urn Synonyms
urn Usage Examples
Converse of object
- collar: Two cremations were found in large collared urns on either side of the barrow.
- fill: MARY: Well, he told them to fill these big urns with water.
- contain: The barrow contains two urns, found about 4 ft. apart, at a depth of 4ft.
Adjective modifier
- cinerary: Near the same spot was found, some years ago, a clay cinerary urn, of the form commonly held to be Roman.
- Grecian: A Grecian urn is draped in a cloth to symbolize mourning.
- funerary: The figure is believed to be the lid of a pagan funerary urn.
- ornamental: A view down a path lined with ornamental urns, with a lawn to the left and trees to the right.
- funeral: Another was a funeral urn for a Great Dane's ashes.
- classical: With an old garden wall as a backdrop, a classical urn forms the focal point.
Modifies a noun
- finial: The bar is divided by glazed screens with urn finials, to allow customers chatting at the bar a little privacy from their neighbors.
- burial: For children urn burial was common, with 73 sets of children?
- identifier: Map ISBNs to URNs, using the ' ISBN ' URN namespace identifier.
- step: The principal display is on the side of the Urn Steps.
- scheme: Note, however, that any URN scheme intended to allow secure resolution must provide for encryption of transmitted URN data.
Noun used with modifier
- cremation: In 2000, a bronze age inverted cremation urn was noted about a meter down in the cliff face.
- terracotta: The sound of running water over a terracotta urn complete this garden.
- burial: On 29th December 1851, cremated human bones were found together with pieces of a burial urn.
- bucket: A number of cremation burials were found, one of which contained the miniature bucket urn pictured below.
- tea: Not a pump or a tea urn to be seen.
- marble: The spa waters were and still are available to visitors, dispensed by tap from elaborate marble urns.
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