cremators
Funeral pyre operators
Cremators are people or machines that cremate—reduce dead bodies to ash through intense heat.
The word usually refers to the furnaces themselves, also called cremation retorts: The cremators at the facility operate around the clock.
Less commonly, it refers to workers who operate such equipment.
Corpse incineration facility
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- burningCombustion in progress
- flamesVisible burning combustion
fire · heat · thermal · pyre · carbonize · calcination · ashes · cinerary
Decorative container for ashes
- columbariumStructure housing cremated remains
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- intermentPutting a body underground
- funeraryOf burial rites
casket · hearse · eulogy · obituary · wake · mausoleum · pallbearer · cortege
Burned matter's residue
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- cineraryRelating to ashes
- cinerariumPlace for cremation urns
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
keepsake · memorial · cremains · container · vessel · niche · interment · disposition
Funeral burning heap
- VaranasiSacred Hindu city, Ganges
- BuddhistFollower of Gautama's teachings
- HinduFollower of ancient Indian religion
- ShintoJapanese animistic tradition
Viking · immolation · ritual · tradition · ceremony · sacred · religious · ancestral
crematorium
Corpse incineration facility
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- burningCombustion in progress
flames · fire · heat · thermal · pyre · carbonize · calcination · ashes · cinerary · retort
urn
Decorative container for ashes
- columbariumStructure housing cremated remains
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- intermentPutting a body underground
funerary · casket · hearse · eulogy · obituary · wake · mausoleum · pallbearer · cortege · condolence
ashes
Burned matter's residue
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- cineraryRelating to ashes
- cinerariumPlace for cremation urns
scattering · keepsake · memorial · cremains · container · vessel · niche · interment · disposition · pulverization
pyre
Funeral burning heap
- VaranasiSacred Hindu city, Ganges
- BuddhistFollower of Gautama's teachings
- HinduFollower of ancient Indian religion
Shinto · Viking · immolation · ritual · tradition · ceremony · sacred · religious · ancestral · customs
bereavement
State following loss
remembrance · consolation · solace · closure · healing · memorial · tribute · legacy · farewell · goodbye
crematorsembalmers
Those who preserve corpses
gravediggers · mummifiers · undertakers · morticians · funeral directors