incinerator
pronunciation
How to pronounce incinerator in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsɪnəreɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce incinerator in American English:
US [ɪnˈsɪnəˌretɚ]
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- Noun:
- a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
Word Origin
- incinerator (n.)
- 1883, American English, originally in the terminology of cremation, from incinerate + Latinate agent noun suffix -or. Meaning "device for waste disposal by burning" is from 1889.
Example
- 1. There 's a big incinerator behind my place .
- 2. In harrisburg , pa. , an incinerator project has forced the city to weigh a potential bankruptcy filing .
- 3. Everything from our steel , hardwoods , and cardboard to our lexan and linen is diverted from the incinerator .
- 4. I was with them the afternoon they found a box of human arms someone at the tulane medical school left by the campus incinerator .
- 5. In the distance , and plainly visible from school grounds , a trash incinerator sends a steady plume of brown smoke into the sky .