urn

Noun

1. A vase with a footed base.
2. A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
3. A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
4. (figuratively) Any place of burial; the grave.
5. (Roman, historical) 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.
6. A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.

Verb

To place in an urn.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɜːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: urne

In summary

From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna.

Synonyms

jar

🫙

pot

jug

bottle

vessel

container

vase

chest

bucket

🪣

sack

can

tin

cinerary urn

case

box

📦

pail

vat

funerary urn

earthen jar

crate

crock

burial urn

casket

chamber pot

coffee maker

coffee urn

dispenser

ferry

⛴️

funeral urn

pottery

receptacle

tea urn

tub

voting booths

water pot

mortuary urn

beaker

Translations

urna

urne

urna

Urne

urna

🗳️

urn

urna

urne funéraire

Bestattungsurne

kruik

Krug

tinozza

cassa

vaso

🫙

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