as in piles
a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body
a funeral pyre
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piles
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The fire is spotting ahead of itself in mulch piles and making runs across levees that are in place.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Mar. 2025 -
Now, there are piles of them back at the house.—
Jared Weiss,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Pyres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyres. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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