crematorium
A place where the bodies of dead people are crematedA place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
» Bruno's body was burnt in a crematorium.
Meaning
1 sensesA place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
Krematorium
кремато́рийkrematórij
кремато́рійkrematórij
a mortuary where corpses are cremated
Examples
4 sentencesBruno's body was burnt in a crematorium.
Some crematoriums may have concerns about cremating bodies containing implanted electronic medical devices.
The army helped to take many of the bodies to crematoriums in other cities.
We are now going to move to the crematorium so if Mr. Ogawa and you would enter the car ...
deWir werden uns jetzt zum Krematorium begeben. Wenn Herr Ogawa und Sie so freundlich wären, ins Auto zu steigen?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from New Latin cremātōrium.Borrowed from New Latin cremātōrium.
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Forms
plural: crematoriums / crematoria| Singular | crematorium |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes:crematorycremation chamber
- a mortuary where corpses are cremated:crematory
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular