funeral pyre

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

funeral pyre
    n 1: wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
         {pyre}, {funeral pyre}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, a. [LL. funeralis. See {Funeral}, n.]
   Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;
   as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Funeral pile} or {Funeral pyre}, a structure of combustible
      material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced
      to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre. --
      {Fu"ner*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
      [1913 Webster]