columbarium
/ˌkɑlʌmˈbɛriəm/
noun
- A room or building with niches for storing funeral urns containing ashes of the dead.
- The family placed her ashes in a columbarium at the cemetery.
- Many modern columbariums are designed as peaceful gardens.
- He visited the columbarium every year on the anniversary of his father's death.
- A niche or compartment in such a structure.
- The columbarium was engraved with the names of the deceased.
- She chose a columbarium near a window with a view of the trees.
- Each columbarium can hold two urns side by side.