See Also: crematorium(dictionary)
crematorium(dictionary)
CLOSE ROLLS, or close writs, Eng(law)
Close(money)
close(3)(dictionary)
close-up(dictionary)
close(4)(dictionary)
close-run(dictionary)
Buy on close(money)
Buy on close(finance)

close-run (oh) and crematorium (oh)


close-run (oh)



in a close-run competition, the winner succeeds by a very small distance or number of points, votes etc
::The Labour Party won the seat, but it was a close-run thing (=they nearly failed) .

crematorium (oh)



[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Latin cremare; CREMATE]
a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned at a funeral ceremony