urn C2 Topic:General Vocabulary US /ɝn/ UK /ɜːn/ See IPA manual Homophones earn /ɝn/ Freq #11992 Meanings 1 noun A vase with a footed base. A rustic, digging in the ground by Padua, […]found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn. 2 noun A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. So draw him home to those that mourn In vain; a favourable speed Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn. 3 noun Any place of burial; the grave. Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, / Tombless, with no remembrance over them. 4 noun a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet Appears in Phrases (1) See all tea urn a large vessel used to prepare or dispense tea Noun + noun Etymology From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna. Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # urn **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɝn/ **IPA (UK):** /ɜːn/ **Frequency rank:** 11992 ## Meanings 1. A vase with a footed base. 2. A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. 3. Any place of burial; the grave. 4. a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet ## Examples - A rustic, digging in the ground by Padua, […]found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn. - So draw him home to those that mourn In vain; a favourable speed Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn. - Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, / Tombless, with no remembrance over them. ## Etymology From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown