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CREMATORIUM
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Irregular inflected form: crematoria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("crematorium" 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 "crematorium"):
gas oven (a cremation chamber fueled by gas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mortuary where corpses are cremated
Synonyms:
crematorium; crematory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("crematorium" is a kind of...):
dead room; morgue; mortuary (a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation)
