Definition of cremate Cremate

/kɹiˈmejt/ - [kreemeyt] - cre•mate

We found 6 definitions of cremate from 5 different sources.

What does cremate mean?

cremates, cremating, cremated

cremate - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"

burn down, fire, burn burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"

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cremate (v. t.)
To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.

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