CREMATORIUM

crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber

(noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes

crematory, crematorium

(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crematorium (plural crematoriums or crematoria)

A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated

Source: Wiktionary


Crem`a*to"ri*um (krm`-t"r-m), Crem"a*to*ry (krm"-t-r), n.; pl. Crematoriums (-Crematories (-r. Etym: [NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator.]

Definition: A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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