INCINERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incinerator mean? 

• INCINERATOR (noun)
  The noun INCINERATOR has 1 sense:

1. a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)

  Familiarity information: INCINERATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCINERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("incinerator" is a kind of...):

furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)

Derivation:

incinerate (cause to undergo combustion)

 Context examples 

Benz[a,h]acridine is primarily found in petroleum refinery incinerator emissions, coal combustion emissions, cigarette smoke and coal tar pitch.

(Dibenz[a,h]acridine, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenz[a,j]acridine is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, petroleum refinery incinerator emissions, coal combustion emissions, cigarette smoke and coal tar pitch.

(Dibenz[a,j]acridine, NCI Thesaurus)