Definitions for crematory

crematory cre·ma·to·ry

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

Crematory is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 444 anagrams from letters in crematory (acemorrty).

Definitions for crematory

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 crematory

First recorded in 1875-80; cremate + -ory2

Examples for crematory

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for crematory
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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