Synonyms for urn

Grammar : Noun

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Phonetic Transcription : ɜrn

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Other synonyms for the word urn

vessel

Définition of urn

Origin : late 14c., "vase used to preserve the ashes of the dead," from Latin urna "a jar, vessel," probably from earlier *urc-na, akin to urceus "pitcher, jug," and from the same source as Greek hyrke "earthen vessel." But another theory connects it to Latin urere "to burn" (cf. bust (n.1)).

noun vessel
noun large jar

Example sentences :

You might have taken her for some fairy of the springs who had overturned her urn on herself.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

At nine o'clock at night he visited the "urn" called the "Sepulchre."
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Urn—yes, I cal'lated that was the idea, probably; but who's goin' to buy it?
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Let him who is of the contrary opinion deposit his vote in urn No. 2.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

It is in shape like a Greek urn, but has with it a flowing quality—and the whiteness.
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

The girl behind the urn attracted Patricia's immediate attention.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge » by Pemberton Ginther

Was it utterly and for ever gone from him, like the waters from an urn lost in the wide ocean?
Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot

I left it naturally in the urn with the bones; but it is now missing.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) » by John Gibson Lockhart

This urn has been the work of the ancestors of the old man of Lake Superior.
Extract from : « The American Family Robinson » by D. W. Belisle

The urn was hissing and humming: the muffins were smoking—such a heap of muffins!
Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray

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