funeral home — UK / US or funeral parlour UK / US noun [countable] Word forms funeral home : singular funeral home plural funeral homes a place where the body of a dead person is prepared and kept before the funeral, and where relatives and friends may go to… … English dictionary
funeral home — also funeral .parlour n the place where a body is kept before a funeral … Dictionary of contemporary English
funeral home — funeral ,home or funeral ,parlor noun count a place where the body of a dead person is prepared and kept before the funeral, and where relatives and friends may go to see it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
funeral home — funeral homes N COUNT A funeral home is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation … English dictionary
funeral home — or funeral parlor n. a business establishment where the bodies of the dead are prepared for burial or cremation and where funeral services can be held … English World dictionary
Funeral home — A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the deceased and their families. These services may include a prepared wake and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for the… … Wikipedia
funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held. Also called funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral parlor, funeral residence, mortuary. [1935 40,… … Universalium
funeral home — noun a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects • Syn: ↑funeral parlor, ↑funeral parlour, ↑funeral chapel, ↑funeral church, ↑funeral residence • Hypernyms: ↑morgue, ↑mortuary, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
funeral home — also funeral par.lour noun AmE (C) the place where a body is kept before a funeral … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
funeral home — noun Date: 1926 an establishment with facilities for the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body, and for funerals called also funeral parlor … New Collegiate Dictionary
