cremating
Reducing to ash
Cremating is burning a dead body to ashes, typically as a funeral practice.
The process reduces remains to bone fragments, which are then ground into the fine powder commonly called ashes: They're cremating her tomorrow.
Cremation has become increasingly common as an alternative to burial.
Burned matter's residue
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- remainsContinues in place
- columbariumStructure housing cremated remains
- inurnmentPlacing ashes in urn
scatter · niche · keepsake · reliquary · bone fragments · cremains · memorial urn · interment
Service honoring the dead
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
memorial · wake · pallbearers · shroud · procession · vigil · chanting · prayers
Funeral burning heap
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- burnDamage by heat
blaze · char · heat · ignite · retort · kiln · chamber · temperature
Removal of contaminants
- releaseTo let go
- soulInnermost animating essence
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
liberation · sanctify · transition · transcendence · moksha · nirvana · rebirth · eternal
ashes
Burned matter's residue
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- remainsContinues in place
- columbariumStructure housing cremated remains
inurnment · scatter · niche · keepsake · reliquary · bone fragments · cremains · memorial urn · interment · mausoleum
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
- eulogyTribute for the dead
mourning · memorial · wake · pallbearers · shroud · procession · vigil · chanting · prayers · incense
pyre
Funeral burning heap
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
burn · blaze · char · heat · ignite · retort · kiln · chamber · temperature · carbonize
purification
Removal of contaminants
reincarnation · liberation · sanctify · transition · transcendence · moksha · nirvana · rebirth · eternal · sacred
crematingburying
Covering with earth
interring · entombing · burial · earth burial · interment
crematingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
embalming · mummifying · conserving · maintaining · protecting
crematingbirth
Coming into the world
birthing · being born · life · conception · creating
- cremation urnContainer for cremated remains
- cremation servicesPost-death burning arrangements
- pet cremationIncinerating deceased companion animals
- cremation ritesFunerary fire ceremony
- cremation ceremonyRitual burning of remains
- direct cremationCremation without prior viewing