Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pyre \Pyre\, n. [L. pure, Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See {Fire}.]
   A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are
   burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.

         For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The
         pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

pyre
     n : wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
         {funeral pyre}]