urn
Betekenis (English)
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- A vase with a footed base.
- A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
- A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
- Any place of burial; the grave.
- A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius.
- A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
Concepten
Synonyms
funerary urn
earthen jar
burial urn
coffee urn
funeral urn
water pot
mortuary urn
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɜːn/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”).
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