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What is the word for "the building where they put ashes or remains of dead people"?
Jun 24, 2014 4:47 AM
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Crematorium
June 24, 2014
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Since you asked about ashes OR remains, I think the word you're looking for is "mausoleum". It could hold either. A building to hold cremated remains only is a "columbarium". A "crematorium" is the building where the actual cremation takes place.
June 24, 2014
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Probably the most commonly used word is a "mausoleum" but a mausoleum can contain coffins with uncremated remains and/or urns with the cremated ashes of the deceased.
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5817372_definition-mausoleum.html
The technically correct word is "columbarium" but that is not as widely known as "mausoleum".
http://www.ehow.com/about_5070959_columbarium.html
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