adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The establishment or furnace that cremates bodies.
2. 2
   a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes wordnet
3. 3
   a mortuary where corpses are cremated wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

crematoriumbackfirebalefirebeaconblazeburner

Example

More examples

"They offered me a job in a crematory, which I refused."

Etymology

From cremate + -ory.

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