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crematory

American  
[kree-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, krem-uh-] / ˈkri məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈkrɛm ə- /

noun

crematories plural
  1. a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done.

  2. a furnace for cremating.


adjective

  1. of or relating to cremation.

crematory British  
/ -trɪ, ˈkrɛmətərɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to cremation or crematoriums

"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

noun

  1. another word (esp US) for crematorium

"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

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noun

Etymology

Origin of crematory

First recorded in 1875–80; cremate + -ory 2

Example Sentences

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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

“We live in a death-denying society,” says Melinda Ramos, a licensed embalmer, funeral director and crematory manager in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023

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

The hearses bearing black and yellow funeral paper flowers crept in a steady stream toward the Dongjiao crematory in eastern Beijing.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022

“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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