crematorium
kree muh taw ree uhm
- n a mortuary where corpses are cremated
- n a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
- Technically, "the burning of bodies" is illegal in The Netherlands, but in practice it has been tolerated for years in the country's only crematorium, owned by the Association.
- But by the time Benedict was standing before a memorial by the ruins of a crematorium, the rain had stopped, and a vivid rainbow appeared across a distant field.
- Even if they could afford the cheaper electric crematorium, the erratic power supply forces it to shut down for hours every day.