crematory
Americannoun
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a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done.
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a furnace for cremating.
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Also, they usually include a fireproof ID medallion that crematory operators attach to the body before burning.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
Many of the pacemakers come from Implant Recycling, LLC, a Michigan environmental and recycling company that services the crematory and cemetery industries.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
In another room, Rudolf meets with the engineers of a crematory.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024
All list a crematory owned by Wilbert Funeral Services, but the deaths came at least five months after the company stopped doing cremations for the financially troubled Return to Nature Funeral Home last November.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023
“In fact,” he said, “the general plan of the furnace was not unlike that of a crematory for dead bodies, and with the provision already described there would be absolutely no odor from the furnace.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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