crematorium

noun

cre·​ma·​to·​ri·​um ˌkrē-mə-ˈtȯr-ē-əm How to pronounce crematorium (audio)
ˌkre-
plural crematoria ˌkrē-mə-ˈtȯr-ē-ə How to pronounce crematorium (audio)
ˌkre-
or crematoriums
: an establishment or structure in which the bodies of the dead are cremated
He had two funerals in the morning, both bodies due for the crematorium afterward …Jack Higgins
The depositions enabled the commission to gather further evidence from coroners and from the files in morgues, mortuaries and crematoriums.Alfred Stepan

Examples of crematorium in a Sentence

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The survivors told us about their parents and grandparents, their spouses, their siblings, their children, their friends, their neighbors who died of starvation in ghetto streets or of typhus in a concentration camp barrack, or whose corpses rose toward heaven from a crematorium. Menachem Z. Rosensaft, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025 Chinese hospitals and crematoriums are not overwhelmed. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 In October, 2000, Gerald Cook, a driver for a gas company in northwestern Georgia, was delivering propane to a crematorium that was not on his route; the usual driver had been too scared. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Schütte seems to enjoy the possibility that some might gaze at this model and see a museum, not a crematorium. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crematorium 

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crematorium was in 1880

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“Crematorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crematorium. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

crematorium

noun
cre·​ma·​to·​ri·​um ˌkrē-mə-ˈtōr-ē-əm How to pronounce crematorium (audio)
ˌkrem-ə-,
-ˈtȯr-
plural crematoriums or crematoria -ē-ə How to pronounce crematorium (audio)

Medical Definition

crematorium

noun
cre·​ma·​to·​ri·​um ˌkrē-mə-ˈtōr-ē-əm, ˌkrem-ə-, -ˈtȯr- How to pronounce crematorium (audio)
plural crematoriums or crematoria -ē-ə How to pronounce crematorium (audio)
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