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crem

crem noun: crematorium.

Noun

crem (plural crems)

  1. (UK, colloquial) crematorium
    • The rest of it's the same: £7.00 for sanitizing and robing, £13.00 for the crematorium which includes the minister but I don't think I can get a rebate even if there's no service, 50p gratuity for the chappie at the crem.2000, Russell Hoban, The Turtle Diary, page 175
    • […] many funeral services in the UK take place at “the crem” where there are chapel-type rooms for services.2015, Pamela A. Brown, Britain Unravelled: A North American Guide to the UK

Forms of crem

pluralcrems

Origin of crem

Shortening.

Words that rhyme with crem

22 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about crem

What does crem mean?
Crem means crematorium.
What part of speech is crem?
Crem is a noun.
What is the plural of crem?
The plural of crem is crems.

Words near crem in the dictionary

  1. Creightons Creek
  2. Creigiau
  3. Creil
  4. crellid
  5. crellids
  6. crem
  7. crema
  8. cremains
  9. cremas
  10. cremaster
  11. cremasterial

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