This meaning refers to containers designed to store ashes after cremation or remains in historical burial practices.
The family placed the urns in a memorial garden.
The museum displayed ancient funerary urns.
This meaning refers to ornamental vessels used in architecture, interior design, or gardens.
Two stone urns stood beside the entrance.
The garden urns were filled with flowers.
This meaning refers to large metal vessels equipped to heat, store, or dispense hot beverages.
The hall has separate tea and coffee urns.
Workers filled the hot-water urns before breakfast.
This formal meaning refers to containers into which votes, names, or tokens are placed for selection or counting.
Officials sealed the ballot urns.
Names were drawn randomly from two urns.
