urn
noun/ɜːn/
/ɜːrn/
- a tall decorated container, especially one used for holding the ashes of a dead personTopics Life stagesc2
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- a large metal container with a tap, used for making and/or serving tea or coffee
- a tea urn
- an urn filled with hot soup
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin urna; related to urceus ‘pitcher’.
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