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Crematory

noun
(pl. crematoriums, crematories)
1.
A mortuary where corpses are cremated.  Synonym: crematorium.
2.
A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes.  Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematorium.






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"Crematory" Quotes from Famous Books



... possibility of pathological or toxicological investigation weeks afterward, when public suspicion became aroused. The political coroners were supposed to be partners of his in crime, and the police had tracked many a case through his establishment to the retorts at the Fresh Pond crematory, where nothing but a few handfuls of ashes remained. Was there to be a cremation in the Browning case? Of course, I asked myself that question, and I also wondered why the sleuths of Smith's had ...
— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent



Words linked to "Crematory" :   morgue, mortuary, dead room, gas oven, furnace



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