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incinerator — a furnace or facility used to burn waste, garbage, or documents
A furnace or enclosed burner designed to dispose of waste material — from household garbage processed at municipal facilities to confidential documents burned at hospitals, schools, or government offices.
焼却炉でゴミを燃やす。
To burn garbage in an incinerator.
古い書類は焼却炉で処分された。
The old documents were disposed of in the incinerator.
市の焼却炉は毎日大量のゴミを処理している。
The city's incinerator processes a huge amount of garbage every day.
新型の焼却炉は有害物質の排出をかなり減らすことができる。
New-type incinerators can significantly reduce the emission of harmful substances.
Compound of 焼却 ('incineration, burning up') and 炉 ('furnace, hearth').
USAGE:
- Used both for large municipal waste-burning facilities and for smaller on-site incinerators at schools, hospitals, and factories.
- Small domestic incinerators (家庭用焼却炉) were once common in Japan but are now heavily restricted by air-pollution laws.
- Frequently appears in news articles about waste management, environmental policy, and dioxin ({ダイオキシン}) emissions.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ゴミ焼却炉: garbage incinerator
- 焼却炉で燃やす: to burn in an incinerator
- 焼却炉を建設する: to build an incinerator
- 大型焼却炉: a large-scale incinerator
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 焼却施設: incineration facility — a broader term for the whole plant, not just the furnace unit.
- 炉: furnace, hearth — the general term for any furnace; 溶鉱炉 (blast furnace) is a related compound.
- 火葬炉: cremation furnace — used specifically for human remains, not waste.