1. a furnace or container for burning waste materials to ash

Examples

• The hospital uses an incinerator to dispose of medical waste safely.
• The city built a new incinerator to reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills.
• Old documents were fed into the incinerator to protect confidential information.
• The incinerator operates at extremely high temperatures to ensure complete combustion.
• Environmental groups protested the construction of the waste incinerator.
• The apartment building’s incinerator was located in the basement.