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# pyre

«pyre» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big pile of wood or other fuel for burning, often for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pyres)

### meaning for a pupil

A pyre is a big pile of wood or other fuel for burning, often for burning a dead body or a bundle of things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyre/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a pyre is a fire built in a heap, to burn a body or to be lit as a signal

### examples

- They built a pyre on the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyre/#x1)
- The hero was placed on the pyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyre/#x2)
- The flames of the pyre rose high into the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyre/#x3)
- Everything was flung on the pyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyre/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pyre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.