crematorium

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

noun, plural cre·ma·to·ri·ums, cre·ma·to·ri·a [kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/.

a crematory.

Origin of crematorium

1875–80; Latinization of crematory; see -tory²

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Examples from the Web for crematoria

Contemporary Examples of crematoria

They were sent to the gas chambers and burned in the crematoria in one night.
How Do You Write About the Holocaust?
Ilana Bet-El
May 5, 2013
This is not the evil of the crematoria; this is evil of a different order.
How Millie Werber Survived the Holocaust: ‘Two Rings: A Story of Love and War’
Eve Keller
April 4, 2012
The hair was shorn after the gassings, then efficiently dried in the crematoria so it could be industrially spun into carpeting.
My Visit To Hell
Christopher Buckley
January 30, 2009

Historical Examples of crematoria

At Tokio in Japan no fewer than 22 crematoria exist, and about an equal number of cremations and burials in earth take place.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6
Various
Public ownership and control of hospitals, dispensaries, cemeteries, and crematoria.
British Socialism
J. Ellis Barker

British Dictionary definitions for crematoria

crematorium

noun plural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

British a building in which corpses are cremated

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Word Origin and History for crematoria

plural of Modern Latin crematorium (see crematorium).

crematorium

1880, from Latin cremator-, stem of cremare (see cremation) + -orium (see -ory).