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crematory
[ kree-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, krem-uh- ]
noun
- a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done.
- a furnace for cremating.
adjective
- of or relating to cremation.
crematory
/ ˈkrɛmətərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to cremation or crematoriums
noun
- See crematoriumanother word (esp US) for crematorium
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crematory1
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Example Sentences
They wanted “to make it weigh enough that the crematory employees would not become suspicious,” says Goorvitch.
There was no longer any one left to gather up the dead; the crematory fire on the Acropolis had gone out.
She could get the horses out, perhaps, before the log walls became their crematory.
Solid refuse should be promptly burned, either in the kitchen fire or in an improvised crematory.
He had omitted to investigate the length of time required to heat the crematory.
It is then thoroughly mixed with dry ashes from the crematory, and afterwards covered with either grain or grass.
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