crematorium

noun

🔊/ˌkreməˈtɔːriəm/

🔊/ˌkriːməˈtɔːriəm/

(plural crematoria

🔊/ˌkreməˈtɔːriə/

🔊/ˌkriːməˈtɔːriə/

, crematoriums)

(North American English also crematory

🔊/ˈkremətəri/

🔊/ˈkriːmətɔːri/

(plural crematories)

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a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned火葬场Topics Buildingsc2, Life stagesc2
Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from cremare ‘burn’.