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Definition: Crematorium |
CrematoriumNoun1. A mortuary where corpses are cremated. 2. A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CrematoriumSynonyms: cremation chamber (n), crematory (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interment | Grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate; burning ghat; crematorium, crematory; dokhma, mastaba, potter's field, stupa, Tower of Silence. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Crematorium" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.80% of the time. "Crematorium" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.8% | 112 | 30,646 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.2% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 122 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "crematorium": crematorium-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crematorium | 73 |
pet crematorium | 8 |
georgia crematorium | 4 |
cambridge crematorium | 2 |
crematorium muktidham | 2 |
tri state crematorium | 2 |
crematorium golders green | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "crematorium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | krematorium (crematory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محرقة فرن لاحراق الجثثة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | крематориум (crematory, incinerator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krematorium (crematory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | krematorieovn (crematorium furnace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | oven voor lijkverbranding (crematorium furnace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کوره ای که اشغال رادران می سوزانند. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crématorium (crematory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | krematorium (crematory, crematory US). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρεματόριο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משרפ" (burning, cremation, incinerator, kiln). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | krematórium (crematoria, crematory, incinerator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tempat pembakaran mayat, perabuan, pancaka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | forno crematorio (crematorium furnace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 火葬 (crematory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かそうば (crematory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thie lostee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ematoriumcray crematório (crematory), forno crematório (cremator, crematory). (various references) crematoriu (cinerator, crematory, incinerator, refuse destructor). (various references) крематорий (crematory). (various references) krematorijum (crematory). (various references) crematorio (crematory), quemadura (blight, burn, burning, scorch, sear), edificio de crematorio. (various references) krematorium (crematory). (various references) krematoryum, ölü yakma yeri. (various references) крематорій (crematory, incinerator). (various references) amlosgfa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crematorium": crematoriums. (additional references) | |
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"Crematorium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Centaurium. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crematorium" (pronounced krēmutô"rēum) |
| 7 | -u t ô" r ē u m | auditorium, moratorium. |
| 5 | -ô" r ē u m | emporium. |
| 4 | -r ē u m | aquarium, atrium, bacterium, barium, delirium, deuterium, disequilibrium, equilibrium, Herbarium, honorarium, opprobrium, planetarium, tellurium, thorium, yttrium. |
| 3 | -ē u m | alluvium, ammonium, axiom, beryllium, cadmium, calcium, cesium, chromium, colloquium, compendium, condominium, consortium, europium, fermium, gallium, geranium, gonium, gymnasium, hafnium, harmonium, helium, holmium, idiom, indium, iridium, lawrencium, linoleum, lithium, magnesium, medium, millennium, minium, myocardium, nephridium, neptunium, niobium, nobelium, opium, osmium, palladium, pandemonium, paramecium, petroleum, Plasmodium, plutonium, podium, polonium, potassium, premium, presidium, promethium, protium, psyllium, radium, requiem, rhodium, selenium, sodium, stadium, strontium, superpremium, symposium, tedium, thallium, titanium, tritium, uranium, vanadium, zirconium. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-m-o-r-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: commuter, coremium, courtier, cremator, crummier, immature, muricate, recommit, turmeric. | |
-4 letters: armoire, cirrate, commute, coremia, courier, courter, crammer, creator, crimmer, crummie, curator, erotica, erratic, erratum, marmite, maturer, morceau, mortice, muriate, outrace, rammier, reactor, recruit, rummier, trimmer, uraemic. | |
-5 letters: acetum, acuter, aecium, aortic, armour, armure, artier, atomic, atrium, carrom, carrot, carter, cerium, coater, comate, commie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-m-o-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: crematoriums. | |
+3 letters: microminiature, ultramicrotome. | |
+4 letters: ultracommercial, ultramicrotomes. | |
+5 letters: superromanticism, ultramicrotomies. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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