Synonyms for cremation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kree-meyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkri meɪt

Définition of cremation

Origin : 1620s, from Latin cremationem (nominative crematio), noun of action from past participle stem of cremare "to burn, consume by fire" (also used of the dead), from PIE *krem-, extended form of root *ker- "heat, fire" (see carbon).

noun burning

Example sentences :

For an instant Azuba stared, white-faced, at the cremation of the bonnet.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

In Siam cremation is the general way of disposing of the dead.
Extract from : « Travels in the Far East » by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

It is but seldom that a cremation is not in progress at the burning ghat.
Extract from : « East of Suez » by Frederic Courtland Penfield

It avoids even the fumes that are given off in cremation of the dead.
Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch

The cremation, my dear, has nothing in truth to do with the Fixed Period.
Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope

Then a stove ignited the mass and the work of cremation began.
Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker

Here, as in Calcutta, cremation is constantly going on beside the river.
Extract from : « Foot-prints of Travel » by Maturin M. Ballou

There was a guard in front of the door, and that guard, strangely enough, was Cremation Mike.
Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter

Which, in the time of our author, meant, the place of cremation.
Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya

I had but a moderate desire to see a cremation, so it was soon satisfied.
Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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