Definition of incinerator
:one that incinerates;
especially
:a furnace or a container for incinerating waste materials
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After the EPA said the incinerator was no longer meeting regulations, city officials and county officials could not agree on how to pay for the $21 million needed to upgrade the facility.
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Medical waste and incinerator ash from the Pulaski Incinerator were also dumped there.
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Granite Park Chalet, a mountaintop site reachable by trail, had so many visitors in 1967 that its incinerator could not contain all their trash, and managers discarded the excess in a gully behind the facility.
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Granite Park Chalet, a mountaintop site reachable by trail, had so many visitors in 1967 that its incinerator could not contain all their trash, and managers discarded the excess in a gully behind the facility.
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Granite Park Chalet, a mountaintop site reachable by trail, had so many visitors in 1967 that its incinerator could not contain all their trash, and managers discarded the excess in a gully behind the facility.
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And so while the Army ultimately commissioned a special incinerator to dispose of most of the Minden explosives, more than 350,000 pounds of them were shipped here.
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Felicia Perry said that her son has asthma and the incinerator was making him sick.
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The question focused on a garbage incinerator in the city causing health problems for local residents.
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First Known Use of incinerator
1883
INCINERATOR Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of incinerator for English Language Learners
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: a machine or container that is used for burning garbage, waste, etc.
INCINERATOR Defined for Kids
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Definition of incinerator for Students
:a furnace or a container for burning waste materials
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