cremation

CEFRB2

/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The process of burning a dead body to ashes.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

Examples

  • What is the difference between cremation and mummification?

  • Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
1

Synonyms

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His will specified that his body should undergo blank rather than burial after death.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.