CINERARIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cineraria   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead

Synonyms:

cinerarium; columbarium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented)

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