Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crematory

2 senses of crematory

Sense 1
crematory, crematorium -- (a mortuary where corpses are cremated)
       => morgue, mortuary, dead room -- (a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation)

Sense 2
crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber -- (a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes)
       => furnace -- (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)

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