Cremation

[kree-meyt] /ˈkri meɪt/

verb (used with object), cremated, cremating.
1.
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
2.
to consume by fire; burn.
/krɪˈmeɪt/
verb
1.
(transitive) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
n.

1620s, from Latin cremationem (nominative crematio), noun of action from past participle stem of cremare “to burn, consume by fire” (also used of the dead), from PIE *krem-, extended form of root *ker- “heat, fire” (see carbon).
v.

1874, a back-formation from cremation. Related: Cremated; cremating.

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[kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-, krem-uh-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌkrɛm ə-/ noun, plural crematoriums, crematoria [kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/ (Show IPA) 1. a crematory. /ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm/ noun (pl) -riums, -ria (-rɪə) 1. (Brit) a building in which corpses are cremated n. plural of Modern Latin crematorium (see crematorium). n. 1880, from Latin cremator-, […]

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[kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-, krem-uh-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌkrɛm ə-/ noun, plural crematoriums, crematoria [kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/ (Show IPA) 1. a crematory. /ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm/ noun (pl) -riums, -ria (-rɪə) 1. (Brit) a building in which corpses are cremated n. 1880, from Latin cremator-, stem of cremare (see cremation) + -orium (see […]
Crematory
[kree-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, krem-uh-] /ˈkri məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈkrɛm ə-/ noun, plural crematories. 1. a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done. 2. a furnace for . adjective 3. of or relating to cremation. /ˈkrɛmətərɪ; -trɪ/ adjective 1. of or relating to cremation or crematoriums noun (pl) -ries 2. another word (esp […]