1
: a vessel that is typically an ornamental vase on a pedestal and that is used for various purposes (such as preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation)
2
: a closed vessel usually with a spigot for serving a hot beverage
a coffee urn
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Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Alongside pictures of her sister kissing her cheek and Traci's son Kevin Surratt Jr. kissing her urn, Towanda, 51, reflected on the special connection the two shared.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In a Raleigh bedroom design, Ross styled the nightstand with vintage books, a match striker, a ceramic urn, and oversized beads.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025
Your body might be burned in an oven and the resulting ashes stored in a decorative urn, though these ashes are not ashes at all but tiny fragments of bone.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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urn
noun1
: a container that has the form of a vase on a base and often is used for keeping the ashes of the dead
2
: a closed vessel usually with a faucet for serving a hot beverage
coffee urn
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