incinerator
Waste destruction furnace
An incinerator is a furnace or container designed for burning waste materials at high temperatures.
Municipal incinerators dispose of garbage; medical incinerators destroy biological waste.
The word often carries environmental connotations—debates over air quality, emissions, and alternatives to landfills: The city council voted against building a new incinerator.
Visible burning combustion
- burningCombustion in progress
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
pyrolysis · thermal · furnace · glow · smoldering · char · embers · blaze
Act of throwing away
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- landfillWaste burial ground
emissions · pollution · smoke · toxicity · crematorium · burning · destruction · eradication
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- foundryMetal casting facility
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
refinery · steel · cement · waste-to-energy · machinery · crematorium · municipal · smokestack
flames
Visible burning combustion
- burningCombustion in progress
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
scorching · pyrolysis · thermal · furnace · glow · smoldering · char · embers · blaze · inferno
disposal
Act of throwing away
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
landfill · emissions · pollution · smoke · toxicity · crematorium · burning · destruction · eradication · scrapping
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
manufacturing · refinery · steel · cement · waste-to-energy · machinery · crematorium · municipal · smokestack · flue
crematorium
Corpse incineration facility
memorial · funeral · cremains · chamber · retort · columbarium · deceased · pyre
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- sanitationsewage, sewers, cleaning, sewer, disinfecting
- waste managementwaste, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- waste disposalgarbage disposal, trash, garbage, landfilling, landfill
- cremationcrematorium, crematory, ashes, retort, pyre
incineratorlandfill
Waste burial ground
dump · recycling center · garbage dump · recycling plant · compost heap
incineratorfreezer
Subzero storage compartment
cryogenic chamber · refrigerator · cold storage · ice house · deep freeze
incineratorsalvage yard
Business selling recovered materials
archive · museum · repository
- waste incinerationBurning trash as disposal
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