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incinerator

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in⋅cin⋅er⋅a⋅tor

[in-sin-uh-rey-ter]
–noun
a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.

Origin:
1880–85; incinerate + -or 2
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in·cin·er·a·tor   (ĭn-sĭn'ə-rā'tər)   
n.  One that incinerates, especially an apparatus, such as a furnace, for burning waste.
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incinerator

container for burning refuse, or plant designed for large-scale refuse combustion. In the second sense, an incinerator consists of a furnace into which the refuse is charged and ignited (usually by a gas burner), a secondary chamber in which burning at a high temperature is continued to complete the combustion process, and flues to convey the gases to a chimney. Auxiliary equipment may include steam boilers for using waste heat to generate electricity or to heat nearby buildings and devices for removing ash and other pollutants from the flue gases.

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