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crematory

[kree-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, krem-uh-] / ˈkri məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈkrɛm ə- /


NOUN
morgue
Synonyms
NOUN
mortuary
Synonyms


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Also, they usually include a fireproof ID medallion that crematory operators attach to the body before burning.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

Many of the pacemakers come from Implant Recycling, LLC, a Michigan environmental and recycling company that services the crematory and cemetery industries.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

She visited a crematory and a crowded hospital, where rolling beds lined the hallway.

From New York Times • May 13, 2024

All list a crematory owned by Wilbert Funeral Services, but the deaths came at least five months after the company stopped doing cremations for the financially troubled Return to Nature Funeral Home last November.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

“In fact,” he said, “the general plan of the furnace was not unlike that of a crematory for dead bodies, and with the provision already described there would be absolutely no odor from the furnace.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson