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pyre

noun

Definition of pyre

as in pile

a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body a funeral pyre

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Recent Examples of pyre After the door of the structure had been closed and the grate ignited from above, the women, unseen from the outside, lay down on top of each other and created a pyre from their bodies, clinging to each other so tightly that not even a piece of straw could be squeezed between them. — Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026 However, when the pyre was lit, the boy’s devotion to Lord Vishnu protected him and left him unscathed while Holika, despite her immunity, burned to death. — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026 Singapore’s Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum houses a tooth relic said to have been recovered from the Buddha’s funeral pyre in a giant stupa fashioned from 705 pounds of gold. — Deepa Bharath, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026 Carcasses of trees are piled up like pyres in one; in another, they are laid flat like a mass grave. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pyre

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Noun

Other factors, including enormous public debt piles, are also contributing to elevated yields.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Video from the scene showed a pile of shoes on the sidewalk near the water and sand.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of pile

Noun

Scattered along the walls of the studio were tidy heaps of scarves and mesh, rainbows of stripes, every shade of ballet pink, Uggs of every height.

— Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
The amphorae were piled nearly two meters (seven feet) high, in a heap spanning more than 20 meters (66 feet) in length and six meters (20 feet) in width.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of heap

Noun

The students then used a topographical map from the Internet and CNC machine to get the hills exactly right.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
The fear is that a spark from an encampment could be whipped by winds and quickly turn into a devastating blaze across Malibu’s fire-prone hills.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of hill

Noun

The combination of volcanic activity and sudden weather changes can make conditions on the mountain particularly hazardous.

— Anna Matranga, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
For generations, children have had to literally climb a mountain roughly every 10 days – for three hours – to get to and from boarding school.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026