0 the ashes that remain after a dead body has been cremated (= burned):
The family were given his cremains in a decorative urn.
This system also helps to track parts when a family wishes to have the cremains of their loved one returned upon completion of research.
It is the final resting place for the cremains of a number of noted persons.
This was a sub-orbital launch, and the cremains were recovered afterwards.
The remains, known as cremains may contain larger pieces of bone which are ground in a machine to the consistency of ash.
The group had labored at excavating and burning the bodies of the victims, then grinding and scattering the cremains.
His second wife's cremains were also buried there twelve years later.
They are similar to urnfield burial grounds in that they consist of a concentration of pits containing cremains which have usually also been placed into pottery vessels.
The reason given is that cremains is thought to have less connection with the deceased, whereas a loved one's cremated remains has a more identifiable human connection.
