Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - urn

ə:n n. & v. --n. 1 a vase with a foot and usu. a rounded body, esp. for storing the ashes of the cremated dead or as a vessel or measure. 2 a large vessel with a tap, in which tea or coffee etc. is made or kept hot. 3 poet. anything in which a dead body or its remains are preserved, e.g. a grave. --v.tr. enclose in an urn. øøurnful n. (pl. -fuls). [ME f. L urna, rel. to urceus pitcher]