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.

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  • noun One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A metal trolley waited to convey bodies into the cremator.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • The conveyor belt sped the suicidal youth straight into the open mouth of the cremator.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • Turning their backs on the cremator, they wandered numbly back into the prep room.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • Turning their backs on the cremator, they wandered numbly back into the prep room.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • Bleary eyes watched as Braces fired up the cremator.

    THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY GREG COX 2009

  • 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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