Crematorium
noun
A building where dead bodies are burned, usually as part of a funeral ceremony.
His body was taken to the local crematorium after the funeral service.
Often appears as...
- local crematorium
- private crematorium
noun
A building where dead bodies are burned, usually as part of a funeral ceremony.
His body was taken to the local crematorium after the funeral service.
Often appears as...
- local crematorium
- private crematorium
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The word 'crematorium' is sensitive as it involves death. Use it with care, especially in different cultural or religious contexts.
She asked for directions to the crematorium with a respectful tone.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Crematorium' carries emotional weight because it's related to saying goodbye to loved ones.
The family left flowers outside the crematorium.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Animals
Use 'crematorium' for humans. For pets, it's usually referred to as a 'pet crematory' or 'animal crematorium'.
People rarely refer to an animal crematorium simply as a crematorium.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The word 'crematorium' is sensitive as it involves death. Use it with care, especially in different cultural or religious contexts.
She asked for directions to the crematorium with a respectful tone.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Crematorium' carries emotional weight because it's related to saying goodbye to loved ones.
The family left flowers outside the crematorium.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Animals
Use 'crematorium' for humans. For pets, it's usually referred to as a 'pet crematory' or 'animal crematorium'.
People rarely refer to an animal crematorium simply as a crematorium.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The word 'crematorium' is sensitive as it involves death. Use it with care, especially in different cultural or religious contexts.
She asked for directions to the crematorium with a respectful tone.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Crematorium' carries emotional weight because it's related to saying goodbye to loved ones.
The family left flowers outside the crematorium.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Animals
Use 'crematorium' for humans. For pets, it's usually referred to as a 'pet crematory' or 'animal crematorium'.
People rarely refer to an animal crematorium simply as a crematorium.
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Video examples
Alison Killing: There’s...
but because we find the subject of death uncomfortable, we don't talk about it, and we don't question how we as a society approach death. One of the things that surprised me most in my research, though, is how changeable attitudes actually are. This is the first crematorium in the U.K.,
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Death Along the Ganges...
guide to death and the afterlife in Hinduism but the one place he can't take me is the cremation ground itself okay this is the holiest crematorium connect in the holiest city on the holiest River
Video examples
Alison Killing: There’s...
but because we find the subject of death uncomfortable, we don't talk about it, and we don't question how we as a society approach death. One of the things that surprised me most in my research, though, is how changeable attitudes actually are. This is the first crematorium in the U.K.,
Video examples
Death Along the Ganges...
guide to death and the afterlife in Hinduism but the one place he can't take me is the cremation ground itself okay this is the holiest crematorium connect in the holiest city on the holiest River
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Robert Jeffress
American Clergyman
I want to remind people that the Nazis weren't able to take the Jews to the crematoriums immediately. The German people wouldn't have allowed for it. Instead, the Nazis had to change public opinion. They marginalized the Jewish people, disparaged them, and made them objects of contempt.
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Simon Schama
British Historian
It's not right to think about all of Jewish-German history as shrouded by the smoke of the crematorium.
Quote examples
Robert Jeffress
American Clergyman
I want to remind people that the Nazis weren't able to take the Jews to the crematoriums immediately. The German people wouldn't have allowed for it. Instead, the Nazis had to change public opinion. They marginalized the Jewish people, disparaged them, and made them objects of contempt.
Quote examples
Simon Schama
British Historian
It's not right to think about all of Jewish-German history as shrouded by the smoke of the crematorium.
Example 1 of 2
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