crema- (Latin: burn [fire]).cremate:
1. Burn (a dead body) to ashes.
2. To burn or to consume by fire. cremation:
1. The burning of a dead body to ashes.
2. The action of burning or cremating; specifically, the reduction of a corpse to ashes as a way of disposing of it in lieu of interment; an instance of this practice. cremains:
That which remains after the body has been prepared for burial by cremation [a contraction of cremated remains].
cremationist:
Someone who burns dead bodies.
cremator:
One who cremates or practices the cremation of corpses.
crematorial:
Of or pertaining to a crematory or to cremation.
crematorium:
A building and/or furnace where dead bodies are incinerated.
crematory:
1. Furnace for cremating.
2. Building that has a furnace for burning dead bodies. 3. A place or establishment for cremation; specifically, a structure for the incineration of corpses. |