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CREMATION CHAMBER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
Synonyms:
cremation chamber; crematorium; crematory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cremation chamber" is a kind of...):
furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cremation chamber"):
gas oven (a cremation chamber fueled by gas)