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funeral pyre (Scheiterhaufen)
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What does pyres mean?
Pyres are piles of dry wood or other combustible materials, often used in the funeral rites of some cultures to cremate corpses .
What is a funeral pyre?
A funeral pyre is a collective of combustible material (such as wood) placed together to effectively dispose of a dead persons body. Typically seen in countries such as India and is based on the same process as cremation. The body is disposed of by burning as in cremation in the UK and USA but is typically done outside. In India this can be often seen at locations along the river ganges where after the pyre have finished burning the ashes are pushed/scattered in the river. Although based in religious practice it serves also to satisfy public health precautions due to decomposition of the dead in a hot country can lead to outbreaks of disease (cholora)
Pile of wood for burning a body?
pyr
What is the name for a pile of wood for burning a body?
pyre
What do you call a furnace for reducing a body to ashes by burning especially for funeral rites?
Crematorium
What is a pyre?
such a pile for burning a dead body, esp. as part of a funeral rite, as in India.
What word means in greek origin a pile of wood for a burning body?
pyr
How can chimical energy be trancedformed into thermal energy?
Since the "law of conservation of energy" states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, all energy is never really destroyed only changed. Chemical energy is converted into thermal energy by certain chemical reactions, like combustion (when something is burned) or when fat is metabolized into heat for the body for example.
What is funeral pyre?
A funeral pyre is a structure that is used to burn a body as part of funeral rites or ceremonies. The practice is prevalent in certain cultures and religions where cremation is a common method of disposing of the deceased person's remains. The ashes are then collected and often scattered or preserved according to the family's wishes.
How do you call a person in charge of a body at a funeral?
Funeral Director
What is the meaning of the prefix pyro as in pyromaniac?
pyr-, pyro-, -pyrex- from Gr. pyrmeans "fire, heat, fever". [Common terms using this word part for memory association purposes: pyre, wood heaped for burning a dead body in a funeral rite, Pyrex™ glass, pyromaniac, lit. fire frenzy, fig. incendiarism, pyrotechnics, lit. the study of fire art, fig. the art of making fireworks][Medical terms: apyrexia, lit. without fever condition, empyreuma, lit. fire within (place), pyrogen, lit. fire producing, pyrolagnia, lit. fire lust condition, pyrosis, lit. burning condition]Mnemonic for remembering this word part: Ready? Aim! Pyre!
Where was Hitler's funeral?
Hitler didn't have a funeral, his body was burned and that was how he was disposed of.
