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cremation Historically, a formal cremation was done on a pile of wood and kindling called a "pyre."
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What is another word for bonfire?
Hearth
What is a sentence using the word bonfire?
On November the fifth, all the children were round the bonfire waiting for the firework display.
Who would burn the Jews' bodies after they were dead?
There were Jews in the camps that were given the job of cremating the other dead Jews in return for living slightly longer. Their title was Sonderkommando.
What is a bawn fire?
Do you mean bonfire? A bonfire is a large controlled outdoor fire. The word is a contraction of "bone fire" (cf. for example "kostjor" in Russian - from "kost'" meaning "bone").... Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire
Why do you light a bonfire on bonfire night?
to night is bright bonfire night
Bonfire originally came from what word?
nothing it's just a creative word for a big fun fire :)
What is a Three letter word for a doll like figure which goes in a bonfire?
toy
Use the word sooty in a sentence?
my chimney is very sooty!! pissed on your bonfire!!
What do they do with the animals once testing is completed?
they kill them by cremating them
What does crematoria?
A furnace or establishment for burning (cremating) corpses.
Bonfire originally came from the word for?
"Bonfire" has its origin in the 1550s and used to refer to a wood fire that was used to burn bones. It is a historical reference to the Medieval practice of burning the dead and the convicted.
What fuel is used to make a bonfire?
the best type of fuel to make a bonfire is bonfire oil
