incinerator

noun

in·​cin·​er·​a·​tor in-ˈsi-nə-ˌrā-tər 

: one that incinerates

especially : a furnace or a container for incinerating waste materials

Examples of incinerator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, one of her enemies has done the same — only this batch of flames is more like being tossed into an incinerator than warming up by the fireplace. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025

In 1959, a newborn was discovered in a garbage incinerator outside St. Joseph’s Mission, an institution in British Columbia now notorious for the abuse and murder of Native children. —The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

After the meeting, Levine Cava said a future incinerator could also be built outside of Miami-Dade County. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025

Half went to landfills and waste incinerators, seven stopped pinging at transfer stations that don’t recycle or sort plastic bags, six last pinged at the store where they were dropped off, and three ended up in Indonesia and Malaysia. —Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for incinerator

• accelerator
• accumulator
• adjudicator
• administrator
• appropriator
• articulator
• attenuator
• bronchodilator
• collaborator
• communicator
• conciliator
• cooperator

Kids Definition

incinerator

noun

in·​cin·​er·​a·​tor in-ˈsin-ə-ˌrāt-ər 

: a furnace or a container for burning waste materials