urn

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
urn/ɜːn/

▶noun

• 1 a tall, rounded vase with a stem and base, especially one for storing a cremated person's ashes.

• 2 a large metal container with a tap, in which tea or coffee is made and kept hot.

▶verb archaic place in an urn.

– origin ME: from L. urna; rel. to urceus ‘pitcher’.