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   urn

   /əːn/

   noun

   • 1. a tall, rounded vase with a stem and base, especially one used for storing the ashes of a cremated person.
   • ▪ an ornamental sculpture shaped like an urn: "a weathered stone urn"
   • 2. a large metal container with a tap, in which tea or coffee is made and kept hot, or water for making such drinks is boiled: "a tea urn"

   verb

   • 1. place in an urn. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin urna; related to urceus ‘pitcher’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. urnful noun

   Scrabble Points: 3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • N

     1

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