1.
[syn: pyre, funeral pyre]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.]
Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;
as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Funeral pile or Funeral pyre, a structure of combustible
material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced
to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre. --
Fu"ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
funeral pyre
n 1: wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
pyre, funeral pyre]