Meaning

1 senses

  1. (plural, plural only)Cremated remains of a deceased person.

More definitions
  • the remains of a dead body after cremation

Examples

2 sentences

  1. She never saw him again once he entered the health facility, and doesn't know what happened to his cremains.

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  2. When my grandmother passed away and was cremated, her cremains fit into a small box that weighed next to nothing.

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Origin

Blend of cremated + remains. Apparently originally a euphemism used by undertakers.

Blend of cremated + remains. Apparently originally a euphemism used by undertakers.

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Forms

plural: cremainses
Singularcremains
Pluralcremainses

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
creepcreepercreepyB2crematecrematoriumcreolecrepe
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