cremation chamber

1 6.2

A hot oven or room where a dead body is burned to ashes

noun
/kriˈmeɪʃən ˈtʃeɪmbər/

: cámara de cremación

In the cremation chamber, the deceased's remains are transformed into ashes during the process.

Examples

All genetic waste must be taken to the cremation chamber by 5:00 p.m.

Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
The cremation chamber is designed to incinerate bodies safely and efficiently.
Before the service began, the staff prepared the cremation chamber for the final farewell.

Synonyms

crematory

vscremation chamber

4 7.2

A building where dead bodies are burned

is specifically the furnace or room used to burn a dead body

cremator

vscremation chamber

1 7.5

A furnace that burns things like waste or bodies into ashes

is limited to a furnace or room for burning a dead body

gas oven

vscremation chamber

Specialized

8.6

A chamber that uses gas to burn dead bodies

is a general furnace or room for burning a dead body without fuel detail

Antonyms

burial site

11 3.7

A place where people bury their dead

How Big

crematorium

15 7.4

cremation chamber

1 6.2

furnace

93 4.1

Surface Forms

cremation chamber singular

cremation chambers plural

Morphology

cremation + chamber

The meaning is directly compositional: 'cremation' (disposing of a corpse by fire) + 'chamber' (an enclosed space) yields an enclosed space used for cremation. This straightforward noun-noun combination follows normal English compounding and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the phrase.

Etymology

The noun cremation chamber comes from the literal image of a place for burning a body: cremation means burning a body to 'ashes' and a chamber is a room or furnace where this happens. That's why it means a room or furnace where a dead body is turned into 'ashes'.