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cre·ma·to·ri·um

(krē′mə-tôr′ē-əm)

n. pl. cre·ma·to·ri·ums or cre·ma·to·ri·a (-tôr′ē-ə)

A furnace or establishment for the incineration of corpses.

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crematorium

(ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm)

n, pl -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

Brit a building in which corpses are cremated

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cre•ma•to•ri•um

(ˌkri məˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌkrɛm ə-)

n., pl. -to•ri•ums, -to•ri•a (-ˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-)

a crematory.

[1875–80]

crematorium, crematory

a place where cremations are done.

crematorium

[ˌkreməˈtɔːrɪəm] N (crematoriums or crematoria (pl)) [ˌkreməˈtɔːrɪə] crematory (US) [ˈkreməˌtɔːrɪ] → crematorio m

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crematorium

[ˌkrɛməˈtɔːriəm] [crematoria] [ˌkrɛməˈtɔːriə] (pl) n → crématorium m

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crematorium

, (esp US) crematory

n → Krematorium nt

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crematorium

[ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm] n (crematoria (pl)) [ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪə] → (forno) crematorio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cremate

(kriˈmeit) , (ˈkriːmeit) verb

to burn dead (human) bodies. He asked to be cremated, not buried.

creˈmation noun

crematorium (kreməˈtoːriəm) noun

a place where cremation is carried out.

crematorium

→ مَحْرَقَة krematorium krematorium Krematorium κρεματόριο crematorio krematorio crématorium krematorij crematorio 火葬場 화장장 crematorium krematorium krematorium crematório крематорий krematorium เมรุ krematoryum đài hỏa táng 火葬场

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A cremation at Cowpen crematorium, Blyth on Monday 16th July at 11.30am will be followed by a Memorial Service in Rothbury United Reformed Church at 2.00pm.

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PESHAWAR -- The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday summoned Peshawar's deputy commissioner, nazims of four town councils and auqaf department administrator over failure to set up crematorium for Sikh community.

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Mr Fowler refers to Falkirk Crematorium, a municipal facility, as providing "a gentle public service" and dismisses the private company proposing to build a crematorium at Bannockburn, the Westerleigh Group, as "commercial opportunists".

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Noun	1.	crematorium - a mortuary where corpses are cremated crematory dead room, morgue, mortuary - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
	2.	crematorium - a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes cremation chamber, crematory furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. gas oven - a cremation chamber fueled by gas