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Crematory

noun
(pl. crematoriums, crematories)
1.
A mortuary where corpses are cremated.  Synonym: crematorium.
2.
A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes.  Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematorium.






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"Crematory" Quotes from Famous Books



... models to illustrate ventilation, and the exhibits of hygienic glazed tiles arranged around a desert lecture-theatre. Hygienic tiles stimulate the eye vigorously rather than relax it by any aesthetic weakness; and the crematory appliances are so attractive as they are, and must have such an added charm of neatness and brightness when alight, that one longs to lose a relative or so forthwith, for the mere pleasure of seeing ...
— Certain Personal Matters • H. G. Wells



Words linked to "Crematory" :   morgue, dead room, furnace, cremation chamber, gas oven, mortuary



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