crematory

IPA/ˈkrem.ə.tər.i/
IPA/ˈkriː.mə.tɔːr.i/

crematory — noun

  • crematorysingular
  • crematoriesplural

1. a place where a dead person's body is reduced to ashes by fire, especially as pa

1.名詞C2
釋義

a place where a dead person's body is reduced to ashes by fire, especially as part of funeral services; the word can refer to the building itself or to the furnace inside it.

例句

After the funeral, Hugo waited outside the crematory with his aunt.

common setting: outside the crematory after a funeral

The old crematory behind the cemetery was replaced last winter.

building sense: crematory as a funeral facility

同義詞
  • crematorium

    the more usual alternative for the building where cremation happens

  • retort

    technical term for the cremation furnace itself, not the whole building

用法筆記

Often appears in news reports, official notices, and funeral-industry writing. In everyday conversation, many speakers use 'crematorium' for the whole place and reserve 'crematory' for more formal or technical contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The body was buried in the crematory.
✅The body was cremated at the crematory.
💡a crematory is for burning a body after death, not for burial.
❌They visited the crematory to look at graves.
✅They visited the cemetery to look at graves.
💡a cemetery is the burial ground, while a crematory is the place for cremation.