Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɹɪˈmeɪnz/
- Rhymes: -eɪnz
- Hyphenation: cre‧mains
Noun
cremains pl (plural only)
- Cremated remains of a deceased person.
1992, Kathleen Sublette, Martin Flagg, Final Celebrations: A Guide for Personal and Family Funeral Planning, page 52:Some people prefer to keep the cremains in their homes in a special place.
2009, Mugan Sozan Peter Schellin, Rogue Monk: A Memoir about Zen, Disability, and Work, page 93:Paul's cremains arrived by limo service less than an hour before the living room memorial.
2010, Norman L. Cantor, After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver, page 111:Because of these remaining bone fragments, the cremains must be pulverized to a grainy powder before any scattering of ashes.
References
Time, volume 63, numbers 1–13, 1954, page 93: “The commission's research turned up such a sign of the times as a crematory that delicately refers to ashes as "cremains."”