crematorium

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From New Latin crematorium.

“In the matter of sepulture, for instance, I could see no signs of crematoria nor anything suggestive of tombs. — The Time Machine, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The crematorium authorities, who are pretty particular, heard about the fuss and refused to act in the matter, so the body is filed in the church-yard for reference if necessary. — Unnatural death, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
And remember that a metallurgist has unrivalled means of disposing of a body; for not only is each of his muffle furnaces a miniature crematorium, but the very residue of a cremated body--bone-ash--is one of the materials of his trade. — The blue scarab, R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

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