cremator
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈkriːmeɪtər/
:
cremador
- The old cremator was used to dispose of the waste materials from the factory.
Examples
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After the fire, the cremator was the only thing left intact at the site.
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The whole front of the cremator, in fact, looked a lot like one of the control panels you'd see on a tour of Oak Ridge: dials, buttons, needles, and levers.
Fiction book (1996) -
He operated the cremator with great care to ensure the process was handled respectfully.
Synonyms
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4.1
A closed chamber that makes very high heat for melting metal, burning waste or heating buildings
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6.5
A machine that burns waste and turns it into ash
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7.2
A building where dead bodies are burned
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A hot oven or room where a dead body is burned to ashes
A chamber that uses gas to burn dead bodies
A furnace used to heat materials to very high temperatures to form oxides
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Etymology
Cremator comes from the Latin cremare, which means 'to burn', and the ending -or means 'one who' or 'a thing that does something'. So a cremator can be a furnace or machine that burns things, like waste or bodies, to ashes.