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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pyre /ˈpaɪr/
 火葬用的柴堆

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pyre n.  A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
 For nine long nights, through all the dusky air,
 The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare.   --Pope.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pyre
      n : wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
          funeral pyre]