Synonyms for urn
| Grammar : Noun |
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| Phonetic Transcription : Éœrn |
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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
- 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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