ALL meanings of urn
urn
U u - abbreviation Technical meaning of URN Uniform Resource Name 3
- noun urn a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal. 1
- noun urn a vase for holding the ashes of the cremated dead. 1
- noun urn a large metal container with a spigot, used for making or serving tea or coffee in quantity. 1
- noun urn Botany. the spore-bearing part of the capsule of a moss, between lid and seta. 1
- noun Definition of urn in Technology (web) (URN, previously Uniform/Universal Resource Number) 1. Any URI which is not a URL. 2. A particular scheme which is currently (1991-4) under development by the IETF, which should provide for the resolution using Internet protocols of names which have a greater persistence than that currently associated with Internet host names or organisations (as used in URLs). Uniform Resource Names will be URI schemes that improve on URLs in reliability over time, including authenticity, replication, and high availability. When defined, a URN in sense 1 will be an example of a URN in sense 2. 1
- noun urn large vase 1
- noun urn container for sb's ashes 1
- noun urn large metal pot 1
- noun urn a vase with a footed base. 0
- noun urn a metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. 0
- noun urn a vessel for ashes or cremains of a deceased person. 0
- noun urn (figuratively) Any place of burial; the grave. 0
- noun urn (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius. 0
- noun urn (botany) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. 0
- countable noun urn An urn is a container in which a dead person's ashes are kept. 0
- countable noun urn An urn is a metal container used for making a large quantity of tea or coffee and keeping it hot. 0
- noun urn a vaselike receptacle or vessel, esp a large bulbous one with a foot 0
- noun urn a vase used as a receptacle for the ashes of the dead 0
- noun urn a large vessel, usually of metal, with a tap, used for making and holding tea, coffee, etc 0
- noun urn the spore-producing capsule of a moss 0
- noun urn a vase, esp. one with a foot or pedestal 0
- noun urn such a vase used to hold the ashes of a cremated body 0
- noun urn a large metal container with a faucet, used for making and serving hot coffee, tea, etc. 0
- noun urn the part of a moss capsule that bears the spores 0