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# cremation

noun (cremation, a cremation, cremations)

«cremation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cremation is burning a dead person's body to ashes, as a respectful way of saying goodbye instead of burying it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#m1)
2. A cremation is the ceremony or event when this happens, often at a crematorium after a funeral service. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In family life, after a death, relatives choose burial or cremation; the ashes may be kept in an urn, buried, or scattered in a special place. Hindus and Sikhs usually cremate; many Christians and humanists choose either; Jewish and Muslim tradition usually prefers burial. Phrases: burial or cremation, the cremation service, scatter the ashes, crematorium.

### Examples

- Grandpa wanted a cremation, so his ashes are by the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#x1)
- The cremation took place at the crematorium after the church service. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#x2)
- We scattered Nan's ashes in her favourite garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#x3)
- In Hinduism, cremation is the usual custom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#x4)
- The family talked gently about whether to choose burial or cremation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#x5)
- After the cremation, people shared stories over tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#x6)
- But it is not certain that burial by cremation was universally practised by the heathen Slavonians. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/#x7)

### Note

Countable for events; uncountable for the practice. Verb cremate (cremated). Place: crematorium. A sad but normal part of life; talk about it gently.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cremation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cremation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cremation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cremation.html) on Mova free.