crematorium.

A building or facility where dead bodies are cremated.

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Words that belong together

• municipal crematorium
• crematorium chapel

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The crematorium chapel stood beyond a row of bare trees.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Singular crematorium; plural crematoriums or crematoria. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: atmosphere, description. Commonness: moderately common.