Definitions for crematories

crematories cre·ma·to·ry

Spelling: [kree-muh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, krem-uh-]
IPA: /ˈkri məˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈkrɛm ə-/

Crematories is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1315 anagrams from letters in crematories (aceeimorrst).

Definitions for crematories

noun

  1. a place, as a funeral establishment, at which cremation is done.
  2. a furnace for cremating.

adjective

  1. of or relating to cremation.

Origin of crematories

First recorded in 1875-80; cremate + -ory2

Examples for crematories

We went to a Chinese crematory and the Temple of Longevity, where if you paid enough you could git a promise of long life.

It was at the crematory that she began to pray, and, when she reached the crossing, her heart put up a second plea for guidance.

The performer of the crematory rites carries an earthen pot round the pyre.

"That old tub of your Nanni's is about ready for the crematory," Kenwick observed, as he too began putting up his traps.

They wanted “to make it weigh enough that the crematory employees would not become suspicious,” says Goorvitch.

A visit to the crematory at the early dawn—the hour set apart for burning their dead—is interesting, but horrible, to witness.

The crematory was on the summit of a hill, at the foot of which was the cemetery, where the ashes were interred.

Father and I returned to Bareilly soon after the crematory rites for the well-beloved.

A young lady in the audience turned to her escort with the remark: "That's a crematory."

They picked him up and took him to a crematory for unknown dead.

Word Value for crematories
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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