noun Download 🔗Share A vase with a footed base. Examples : "The florist displayed several elegant urns filled with flowers at the entrance to the shop. " art utensil architecture item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. Examples : "At the office meeting, two large urns, one filled with coffee and the other with hot water for tea, were set up in the corner. " utensil drink Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. Examples : "The family placed the urns containing their parents' ashes on the mantelpiece. " ritual archaeology culture history religion item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any place of burial; the grave. Examples : ""The ancient ruins were filled with urns, each holding the remains of someone long ago." " archaeology ritual religion history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The restaurant used urns to serve large quantities of wine to their customers. " utensil amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. Examples : "The tiny urns on the moss capsules released a cloud of spores when the wind blew. " plant biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
