cremation
/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/
cremation noun: a burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
Noun
cremation (countable and uncountable, plural cremations)
- A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
- Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.
- Synonyms:
- incineration
cremation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cremation in Hindi
- burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- अग्निदाह agnidāh
cremation in Tamil
- தகனம், பிணம் எரித்தல், எரியூட்டு வினை
cremation in Marathi
- दाहसंस्कार
cremation in Urdu
- مردہ سوزی
More languagesFewer languages
- cremation in Malayalam
- ചുടല cuṭala, ദഹനം dahanaṁ
- cremation in Kannada
- ದಹನ dahana
- cremation in Punjabi
- ਸਸਕਾਰ saskār
- cremation in Odia
- ଦାହକାର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼, ଶବଦାହ
- cremation in Sanskrit
- शवदाह śavadāha
- cremation in Nepali
- दाहसंस्कार, दाह संस्कार, दाह-संस्कार
- cremation in Indonesian
- kremasi
- cremation in Thai
- ฌาปนกิจ chaa-bpà-ná-gìt
- cremation in Myanmar
- ဈာပန jhapa.na.
Examples of cremation in a sentence
- Many consumers opt for cremation for environmental reasons, though it too carries the risk for air pollution.
- So they did not have a chance to bid farewell before the cremation.
- Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common.
Synonyms of cremation
Forms of cremation
| plural | cremations |
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Origin of cremation
Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.
Words formed from cremation
Phrases with cremation
Words that rhyme with cremation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about cremation
- What does cremation mean?
- Cremation means a burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
- What is cremation in Hindi?
- Cremation in Hindi is अग्निदाह (agnidāh). See Cremation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cremation?
- Cremation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cremation?
- Cremation is pronounced /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of cremation?
- The plural of cremation is cremations.
Words near cremation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cremation (page history and authors); cremation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cremation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cremation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ചുടല (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ದಹನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਸਸਕਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); cremation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cremation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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