incinerator

[in-sin-uh-rey-ter]

noun

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

incinerator

/ ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of incinerator¹

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

Example Sentences

The incinerator is usually used by animal control officers to dispose of euthanised animals, but local authorities said it can also be used by law enforcement to burn seized narcotics.

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Beddington incinerator, which serves four south London councils, faces enforcement from the Environment Agency after exceeding air pollution limits on 916 occasions.

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Some inert material, such as ash from incinerators and building rubble, will still be allowed at landfill sites.

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Neighbors and grassroots groups in South L.A. put their muscle together, stood up to their own council member, and stopped the Lancer project, a closed-system incinerator to burn trash into energy near the Coliseum.

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Gaba drew parallels with the memory holes in George Orwell’s “1984,” which are incinerator chutes that burn references to the past, allowing the government to rewrite history without leaving a trace of the deception.

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