incinerator
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6.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtər/
- Specialized
:
incinerador
- The incinerator burns hazardous waste to prevent environmental contamination.
- MSW incinerators
- incinerator ash
- waste incinerator
It won't burn, so the incinerator shuts down.
- It won't burn, so the incinerator shuts down.
- The Los Angeles City Energy Recovery Plant incinerator project and the efforts to organize across race and space in this.
- It's not the prescribed liberal into the incinerator.
- How Incinerator in space, Yeah, you could have indoor fires in space.
Examples
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It won't burn, so the incinerator shuts down.
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Moreover, only public authorities are permitted to operate the landfills and incinerators that handle household waste.
Academic text (1999) -
So you work with Bob at the incinerator, huh?
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Use the incinerator on level three.
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Do you have an incinerator?
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Why don't you go look where the incinerator is?
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What about the incinerator?
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After showering, I shave, dress, and loudly dump the garbage down the incinerator chute just outside my door.
Fiction book (1992) -
Many municipalities have banded together to form regional waste authorities that operate incinerators or, less commonly, landfills.
Academic text (1999) -
Today, well-designed and well-operated incinerators may offer a viable solution to some of the MSW disposal problems.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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3.3
A device that burns fuel to make heat, used in labs or factories
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7.5
A furnace that burns things like waste or bodies into ashes
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
incinerator = incinerate (transparent) = incinerate + or
Formed by a standard agent noun suffix '-or' added to the verb 'incinerate' to denote a device or person that performs the action.
Etymology
The word incinerator comes from Latin parts in- and ciner, where ciner means 'ash' and is the same root as the English word cinder. So an incinerator is a machine that burns waste into 'ash', which explains its modern meaning.