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.

a term used for anything even vaguely vase- or gourd-shaped, e.g. the sporangium in mosses.

Greek symbol of mourning, the body as a vessel of the soul, originating as a repository for the ashes of the dead in ancient times - a popular symbol of mourning. Most represent an ossuary. In several examples an Angel is looking inside it as if to inspect the contents. A flame is sometimes shown coming from the Urn. They are often draped with a cloth or festooned with a wreath or garland. This fashion of Urn's persisted well into the 1850's at least....

Universal Resource Number, eg an ISBN or ISSN

Uniform Resoure Name

Uniform Resource Name. A scheme for uniquely identifying resources that may be available on the Internet by name, without regard to where they are located.

A region near the centre of the infusoriform larva of a dicyemid mesozoan.

Region near the center of an infusoriform larva of a dicyemid mesozoan.

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

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.

Wall bracket light fixture with an uplight distribution and a distinctive urn shape.

A wall bracket fixture shaped liked an urn for sending light upwards.

Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.

Accepted abbreviation for Unique Reference Number. A unique code can be attached to each record on your database for ease of tracking.

Unique Reference Number as issued for each intruder alarm system by the Police.

A tea urn. See under Tea.

a large pot for making coffee or tea