cremator

[ kree-mey-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person who cremates.

  2. a furnace for cremating dead bodies.

  1. an incinerator, as for garbage.

Origin of cremator

1
1875–80; <Late Latin, equivalent to Latin cremā(re) to cremate + -tor-tor

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British Dictionary definitions for cremator

cremator

/ (krɪˈmeɪtə) /


noun
  1. British a furnace for cremating corpses: Also called (esp US): cinerator

  2. a person who operates such a furnace

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