incinerator

[ in-sin-uh-rey-ter ]
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noun
  1. a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.

Origin of incinerator

1
First recorded in 1880–85; incinerate + -or2

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incinerator

/ (ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtə) /


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

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