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cremains

cremains

1 9.6
The ashes left when a dead body is burned
  • noun
  • /krɪˈmeɪnz/
  • US
: cenizas
  • After the service, the funeral director handed them a container filled with cremains.

You know exactly how much cremains do you get total?

Examples

  • The family scattered the cremains of their loved one in the ocean.

  • It is a common practice to keep the cremains in a decorative urn at home.

  • You know exactly how much cremains do you get total?

    Theo Von

Synonyms

remains
vscremains
  • Formal
237 6.0

The body parts left after a person has died

is the ashes left after a body is cremated

Antonyms

living thing
70 1.0

A plant, animal, or small creature that grows and needs food and water

Surface Forms

cremains singular
cremains plural

Morphology

cremains = cremate (opaque) = crem + ains

The term 'cremains' is a blend of 'cremate' and 'remains', but the specific meaning is not directly derivable from these components.

Etymology

Cremains comes from joining cremated and remains. It is a short way to say the 'ashes' left after a body is cremated, so the word means those ashes.