Synonyms of pyres

pyres

noun

plural of pyre

as in piles

a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body

a funeral pyre

Related Words

• piles
• stacks
• hills
• heaps
• barrows
• mountains
• mounds
• bars
• gatherings
• cocks
• collections
• cairns
• banks
• embankments
• groupings
• beds
• drifts
• pyramids
• layers
• aggregates
• accumulations
• ricks
• hoards
• assemblages
• arrays
• mows
• conglomerations
• knots
• pileups
• huddles
• jumbles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pyres

The symbolic funeral pyres were surrounded by offerings to Hindu deities as relatives gathered to perform the final rites. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

In a tradition dating back more than 300 years, towering pyres have been lit every July in Northern Ireland to mark the Battle of the Boyne, which effectively cemented Protestant rule. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

In Germany, northeastern France and many parts of Scandinavia and the Baltic, people still build elaborate bonfire pyres to light in the evening and tend long into the night. — Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026

Piles of logs and branches sat among the uncut pines, a fire hazard on a fire-prone landscape, pyres waiting to burn. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 15 May 2026

Carcasses of trees are piled up like pyres in one; in another, they are laid flat like a mass grave. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Varanasi was quite an experience, seeing the funeral pyres. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026