NOUN | artifact | crematory, crematorium | a mortuary where corpses are cremated |
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artifact | crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes |
Meaning | A mortuary where corpses are cremated. | |
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Synonym | crematorium | |
Broader | morgue, mortuary, dead room | A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation |
Spanish | crematorio | |
Catalan | crematori |
Meaning | A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes. | |
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Synonyms | crematorium, cremation chamber | |
Narrower | gas oven | A cremation chamber fueled / fueled by gas |
Broader | furnace | An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. |
Spanish | crematorio |
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