CREMATORIUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: crematoria

Meaning:

A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes

Synonyms:

cremation chamber; crematorium; crematory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crematorium" is a kind of...):

furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crematorium"):

gas oven (a cremation chamber fueled by gas)

Meaning:

A mortuary where corpses are cremated

Synonyms:

crematorium; crematory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crematorium" is a kind of...):

dead room; morgue; mortuary (a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation)