Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Crematorium \Crem`a*to"ri*um\ (kr?m`?-t?"r?-?m), Crematory
\Crem"a*to*ry\ (kr?m"?-t?-r?), n.; pl. {Crematoriums} (-[u^]mz),
{Crematories} (-r?z). [NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator.]
A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a
furnace.
Crematory \Crem"a*to*ry\, a.
Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.
Source : WordNet®
crematory
n 1: a mortuary where corpses are cremated [syn: {crematorium}]
2: a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
[syn: {crematorium}, {cremation chamber}]