incinerator

[ in-sin-uh-rey-ter ]

noun

1. a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.

incinerator

/ ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtə /

noun

1. a furnace or apparatus for incinerating something, esp refuse

Word History and Origins

Origin of incinerator¹

First recorded in 1880–85; incinerate + -or ²

Example Sentences

And in Copenhagen, BIG Architects are building a new incinerator that also doubles as a wintertime ski slope.

From The Daily Beast

What if he killed himself and there is no body--he threw himself in an incinerator?

From The Daily Beast

Nobody told billionaires to throw their money to a person someone marvelously described as a “GOP money incinerator.”

From The Daily Beast

One, a twin, was burned in an incinerator in the backyard after allegedly dying from respiratory problems at birth.

From The Daily Beast

I saw him not long after you left, Your Majesty, when I went out to inspect the garbage incinerator.

From Project Gutenberg

His métier is to keep the place tidy and the incinerator fires burning.

From Project Gutenberg

Hereabouts is an incinerator, always smoking and exploding cartridges that have fallen into it.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore, old bandages, pieces of absorbent cotton, and the like should go into the incinerator.

From Project Gutenberg

That's a kind of an incinerator, Collins—a place where the mistakes go up in smoke, at night, when there's nobody to see.

From Project Gutenberg

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