urns

noun

plural of urn
as in coffins

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  1. coffins
  2. caskets
  3. tombs
Noun
  • Draped in Palestinian flags, the coffins were carried through streets filled with nationalist songs and chants.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
  • On Tuesday, the bodies lay in white coffins at a church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, before their burial.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of coffins
Noun
  • Iranian state media showed throngs of people gathered at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla, a large prayer complex in Tehran, visiting the family's caskets.
    — Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
  • The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
    — NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
Definition of caskets
Noun
  • In July 2025, utility workers excavating trenches to expand an underground gas network in Peru's capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs that were over 1,000 years old.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There has been prior research on the reuse of tombs in Thebes.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of tombs
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