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urn

(ɜːʳn)
Word forms: plural urns
1. countable noun
An urn is a container in which a dead person's ashes are kept.
2. countable noun
An urn is a metal container used for making a large quantity of tea or coffee and keeping it hot.

urn in British English

(ɜːn)
noun
1. 
a vaselike receptacle or vessel, esp a large bulbous one with a foot
2. 
a vase used as a receptacle for the ashes of the dead
3. 
a large vessel, usually of metal, with a tap, used for making and holding tea, coffee, etc
4.  botany
the spore-producing capsule of a moss
Derived forms
urnlike (ˈurnˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
C14: from Latin ūrna; related to Latin ūrere to burn, urceus pitcher, Greek hurkhē jar

urn in American English

(ɜrn)
noun
1. 
a. 
a vase, esp. one with a foot or pedestal
b. 
such a vase used to hold the ashes of a cremated body
2. 
a large metal container with a faucet, used for making and serving hot coffee, tea, etc.
3.  Botany
the part of a moss capsule that bears the spores
Word origin
ME < L urna, urn; akin to urceus, jug

Examples of 'urn' in a sentence
urn

The little urn was back where it belongs.
The Sun (2009)
Is it too early to dream of lifting the little urn?
The Sun (2015)
At least this time they will be presented with a replica of the little urn tomorrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What would it mean to retain that tiny urn?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Who will try to regain the urn?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Sources claimed a technician caused a power surge by plugging in either a coffee urn or a microwave.
The Sun (2011)
And we know what happened in that series - we ended up regaining the little urn.
The Sun (2009)
They now need to win just one of three remaining Tests to retain the urn.
The Sun (2010)
She's looking stern sitting next to the tea urn.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That's a very powerful position to be in and they remain favourites to recapture the little urn.
The Sun (2009)
It can't be often that visitors walk into army offices and stand staring at the tea urn.
Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
Neither was it her most obviously commercial: that was arguably the tea urn adapted to keep toast warm.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
England already have a 2-0 lead in the series and can maintain their grip on the little urn if they win here.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I reckon winning the little urn in Australia was down to that dance.
The Sun (2011)
Again, the Aussies were displaying their determination not to surrender the little urn.
The Sun (2009)
England are now a shoo-in to at least retain the Ashes urn.
The Sun (2013)
Will England relive the glories of the last Ashes played on home soil and regain the urn this summer?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Now he is the leader of England's attack and a key component in the bid to regain the little urn.
The Sun (2009)
Relatives of Arch West will shower the urn containing his ashes with the snacks before it is interred as a tribute.
The Sun (2011)
It has all come crashing down in this disastrous Ashes tour in which the little urn was surrendered after just three Tests.
The Sun (2013)
Instead, the remains of that nice little earner will be kept in an undisclosed location, no doubt inside a nice little urn.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
IT took England just 138 minutes to get one giant hand on that famous little urn.
The Sun (2009)

In other languages
urn

British English: urn NOUN
ashes An urn is a container in which a dead person's ashes are kept.
...a funeral urn.
  • American English: urn
  • Brazilian Portuguese: urna
  • Chinese: 骨灰瓮
  • European Spanish: urna funeraria
  • French: urne
  • German: Urne
  • Italian: urna
  • Japanese: 骨つぼ
  • Korean: 유골 단지
  • European Portuguese: urna
  • Latin American Spanish: urna funeraria
British English: urn NOUN
tea, coffee An urn is a metal container used for making a large quantity of tea or coffee and keeping it hot.
...the ten gallon coffee urn.
  • American English: urn
  • Brazilian Portuguese: urna
  • Chinese: 壶
  • European Spanish: tetera {or} cafetera grande
  • French: grosse bouilloireN
  • German: Kessel
  • Italian: contenitore termico per bevande calde
  • Japanese: 大人数にコーヒーや紅茶を入れるために使う大きな金属製のポット
  • Korean: 차나 커피를 끓이는데 사용하는 커다란 주전자
  • European Portuguese: urna
  • Latin American Spanish: tetera {or} cafetera grande

Chinese translation of 'urn'

urn

(əːn)

n (c)

  1. (= pot) 瓮(甕) (wèng) (个(個), gè)
  2. (for ashes) 骨灰瓮(甕) (gǔhuīwèng)
  3. (also tea urn) 茶水壶(壺) (cháshuǐhú)
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