'Cremation' definitions:
Definition of 'cremation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The incineration of a dead body
Definition of 'Cremation'
From: GCIDE
- Cremation \Cre*ma"tion\ (kr?-m?"sh?n), n. [L. crematio.] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead. [1913 Webster]
- Without cremation . . . of their bodies. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cremation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blazing,
- blistering,
- branding,
- burning,
- calcination,
- carbonization,
- cauterization,
- cautery,
- cineration,
- combustion,
- concremation,
- cracking,
- cupellation,
- deflagration,
- destructive distillation,
- distillation,
- distilling,
- flaming,
- funeral pile,
- incineration,
- oxidation,
- oxidization,
- parching,
- pyre,
- pyrolysis,
- reduction to ashes,
- refining,
- scorching,
- scorification,
- searing,
- self-immolation,
- singeing,
- smelting,
- suttee,
- the stake,
- thermogenesis,
- vesication