MEANING
A legendary bird that dies and is renewed, commonly imagined rising from its own ashes.
Use it for
cyclical life; recovery after destruction; costly renewalMake destruction and renewed life part of the same image.
Words that belong together
- rise like a phoenix
- phoenix's ashes
- rebirth of the phoenix
On the page
The phoenix built its last nest inside the abandoned furnace.
They saved a handful of the phoenix's ashes in a clay jar.
At dawn, a phoenix no larger than a sparrow emerged from the embers.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- phoenix
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. A strong image of renewal; details of lifespan and burning differ across accounts. Noun: phoenix; plural phoenixes.
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