cremator

[kree-mey-ter]

cre·ma·tor

[kree-mey-ter]
noun
1.
a person who cremates.
2.
a furnace for cremating dead bodies.
3.
an incinerator, as for garbage.

Origin:
1875–80; < Late Latin, equivalent to Latin cremā(re) to cremate + -tor -tor
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cremator (krɪˈmeɪtə)
 
n
1.  (Brit) Also called (esp US): cinerator a furnace for cremating corpses
2.  a person who operates such a furnace

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