[syn: crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crematorium \Crem`a*to"ri*um\ (kr?m`?-t?"r?-?m), Crematory
\Crem"a*to*ry\ (kr?m"?-t?-r?), n.; pl. Crematoriums (-[u^]mz),
Crematories (-r?z). [NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator.]
A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a
furnace.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crematorium
n 1: a mortuary where corpses are cremated [syn: crematory,
crematorium]
2: a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
[syn: crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber]