urn

Definition

A vase with a footed base.

Etymology

From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna.

Example Sentences

• "A rustic, digging in the ground by Padua, […]found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn."
• "His scattered limbs with my dead body burn, / And once more join us in the pious urn."
• "Mary Fibbs and all her friends start making coughing noises whenever I come near them, and then they all giggle and Mary says Grandfather mixes his cough medicine in the urns on top of the gate posts after dark with his umbrella, and now Jessamy!"