urn

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Noun

1. A [[vase]] with a [[footed]] [[base]].
2. A [[metal]] [[vessel]] for [[serving]] [[tea]] or [[coffee]].
3. A vessel for the [[ash]]es or [[cremains]] of a deceased person.
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} Any place of burial; the grave.
5. {{lb|en|historical|Roman antiquity}} 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]].
6. {{lb|en|botany}} A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the [[spore]]s of [[moss]]es are contained; a spore case; a [[theca]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To place in an urn.

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