A facility for the reduction of nonfunctional human bodies into carbon, steam, and assorted air pollutants Cremationists are people who advocate the practice A cremator is the individual who actually loads the body into the furnace and scoops out the residue; it can also refer to the furnace
A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned. crem·a·to·ry crematoriums crematoria a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned at a funeral ceremony