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# crematorium

«crematorium» in Mova's school dictionary: **a building where the body of a person who has died is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a crematorium, crematoriums or crematoria)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A crematorium is a building where the body of a person who has died is burned to ashes, often with a funeral service in a small chapel there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#m1)

2) (euphemism, family) «Going to the crematorium» is a gentle way adults speak of attending a cremation service for someone who has died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A word of adult life and family loss: a child may go with the family to a service at the crematorium, and later the ashes may be scattered or buried. It tells the reader someone has died and the family is saying goodbye. Phrases: «the crematorium chapel», «a service at the crematorium», «cremation».

### examples

- Grandad's funeral service was held at the crematorium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#x1)
- We sat quietly in the crematorium chapel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#x2)
- After the crematorium, everyone went back to Auntie's house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#x3)
- The ashes were collected from the crematorium a week later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#x4)
- The crematorium had a peaceful garden with roses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#x5)
- Some people choose burial, and others choose cremation at a crematorium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/#x6)

### note

Plural: crematoriums or crematoria. Related: «cremate» (verb), «cremation» (noun). Americans also say «crematory». Some faiths prefer burial; many Christians accept cremation. Talk about it gently: it is a place of sadness and respect.

### In the corpora

- [Cremation means the body is burned in a crematorium until only ashes are left; the dead person cannot feel anything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/12/)
- [At many crematorium services curtains close around the coffin at the end, as a sign of goodbye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crematorium» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crematorium/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.