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incinerator

American  
[in-sin-uh-rey-ter] / ɪnˈsɪn əˌreɪ tər /

noun

  1. a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.


incinerator British  
/ ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtə /

noun

  1. a furnace or apparatus for incinerating something, esp refuse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of incinerator

First recorded in 1880–85; incinerate + -or 2

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But their hope for endless playmates goes wrong when they get manhandled by toddlers and held hostage by Lotso, leading to a climactic escape from an incinerator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Acting like a giant incinerator, the spinning flames destroy many of the particles responsible for dense smoke plumes.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

The incinerator exceeded its emission limits 916 times between 2022 and 2024.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

The project comes around a decade after the entire archive at St Mark's was nearly consigned to the hospital incinerator.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

Across the fence, I saw Mr. Castellan, the bullfighter, dumping garbage onto his incinerator.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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