crematorium
crematorium — noun
1. a building with a special furnace where a dead person's body is turned to ash, u
a building with a special furnace where a dead person's body is turned to ash, usually during a funeral service
The funeral cars stopped outside the crematorium while the family said goodbye.
preposition: outside / at the crematorium
Tamar’s family chose a crematorium near the coast because her grandfather loved the sea.
collocation: choose a crematorium
Cyrus visited the crematorium the morning of the service to check the flower arrangements.
The old crematorium was rebuilt with a modern furnace and a larger chapel for funeral services.
- crematory
especially in American English; refers to the same type of building
文法句型
crematorium + verb (stands / is located / was built)
at / in / outside the crematorium
用法筆記
In American English the word crematory is more common. The plural can be either crematoria (formal, from Latin) or crematoriums.