crematorium

[ kree-muh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-, krem-uh- ]

noun

, plural cre·ma·to·ri·ums, cre·ma·to·ri·a [kree-m, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, -, tohr, -].

1. a crematory.

crematorium

/ ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

1. a building in which corpses are cremated

Word History and Origins

Origin of crematorium¹

1875–80; Latinization of crematory; -tory ²

Example Sentences

We do know that in recent weeks funeral homes and crematoriums across the country have been overwhelmed.

From Time

The sense was that several deaths were not being attributed to Covid-19, while the country’s crematoriums and makeshift riverside graveyards revealed a ghastly side of India’s Covid crisis.

From Quartz

Media reports described medical supplies running low and ambulances becoming makeshift morgues, lining up outside crematoriums.

From Time

For the second time in three days, members of the family returned to the crematorium.

From Washington Post

It was the last week of April, when a coronavirus surge was devastating Delhi, with overwhelmed hospitals running out of oxygen, and crematoriums running out of space.

From Quartz

“The most frustrating part of this crematorium here is the carelessness of the Ebola team,” says Reeves.

From The Daily Beast

Nobody can assure anybody and some of these authorities at the crematorium have very little background in science.

From The Daily Beast

In April 1947, the former kommandant was hung on the gallows next to the old crematorium in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

From The Daily Beast

He spoke of burying Robinson and going straight back to work from the crematorium.

From The Daily Beast

Before the body was sent to the crematorium, Shilling and Crump filled the casket with animal bones, meat, and a mannequin.

From The Daily Beast

For many years past that which has just been alluded to has ceased to exist, a crematorium having taken its place.

From Project Gutenberg

Place in a galvanised iron pail, provided with a lid, ready for transport to the crematorium.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the "Nimtolla Burning-Chat," or crematorium, where the bodies of the natives are burnt.

From Project Gutenberg

Page 48 One of the things we in the West might imitate with advantage is the village crematorium.

From Project Gutenberg

But even if the moxa should fail, the attention of the boys could always be drawn to the crematorium.

From Project Gutenberg