Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A furnace for consuming dead bodies or refuse matter; a crematory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
cremates or consumes toashes .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But he said Vinters Park in Maidstone has recently introduced a larger cremator which is 41 inches wide as opposed to the more usual 28 just to cope with an increase in larger coffins.
Kos RSS Feed 2010
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But he said Vinters Park in Maidstone has recently introduced a larger cremator which is 41 inches wide as opposed to the more usual 28 just to cope with an increase in larger coffins.
Kos RSS Feed 2010
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The opening segment—about a pet cremator, his hapless son and one uniquely tragic accident—would make the Farrelly Brothers weep.
Dreams and Screams Steve Dollar 2011
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But there's something about a woman who writes a book called, All Men are Cremated Equal as a way of finding a mate (and finds one, in the form of a professional cremator, no less) that makes a person want to know more about Elizabeth and her green take on the doings-after-death business.
Sharon Glassman: What is Work: Why to Have a Green Burial from "The Green Reaper" 2010
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A metal trolley waited to convey bodies into the cremator.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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The conveyor belt sped the suicidal youth straight into the open mouth of the cremator.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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Turning their backs on the cremator, they wandered numbly back into the prep room.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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Turning their backs on the cremator, they wandered numbly back into the prep room.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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Bleary eyes watched as Braces fired up the cremator.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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The conveyor belt sped the suicidal youth straight into the open mouth of the cremator.
THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009
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