English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of urn

urn

/noun/ कलश; अस्थि-कलश; भस्म कलश; सुराही; जलपात्र; एक प्रकार का गोल बर्तन; मृतक की राख रखने का बर्तन;

Synonym pitcher; Ewer;

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English Dictionary:

1. Urn

[n.]

- A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn.
- Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.
- A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.
- A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
- A tea urn. See under Tea.

2. Urn

[v. t.]

- To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn.