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# incinerator

«incinerator» in Mova's school dictionary: **a furnace or machine for burning rubbish at very high…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an incinerator, incinerators)

### meaning for a pupil

An incinerator is a furnace or machine for burning rubbish at very high temperatures until it turns to ash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerator/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons incinerators are one way to get rid of waste; some make electricity from the heat, but they can pollute the air. Phrases: «waste incinerator», «hospital incinerator».

### examples

- The town burns its rubbish in an incinerator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerator/#x1)
- Some incinerators use the heat to make electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerator/#x2)
- People worried about smoke from the new incinerator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerator/#x3)
- Medical waste goes to a special incinerator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerator/#x4)
- An incinerator burns 200 tonnes a day; how much in a week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerator/#x5)
- Recycling means less waste goes to the incinerator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerator/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: incinerate (burn completely). Spelling: in-cin-er-a-tor.

### Trees and pragmatics

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