funeral home
noun
: 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
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Burrell let Williams turn the policy over to the funeral home.
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Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 8 June 2024
Just days later, a New York funeral home found an 82-year-old woman alive and breathing shortly after she was declared dead at a nursing home.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 June 2024
Law enforcement and emergency personnel were dispatched around 11:45 a.m. Monday, June 3, to a funeral home in Lincoln for a medical emergency, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said in a press conference.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
Emmett Till, 14, is laid out on a cot in a Chicago funeral home, his face disfigured and bloated.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 8 June 2024
Just days later, a New York funeral home found an 82-year-old woman alive and breathing shortly after she was declared dead at a nursing home.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 June 2024
Law enforcement and emergency personnel were dispatched around 11:45 a.m. Monday, June 3, to a funeral home in Lincoln for a medical emergency, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said in a press conference.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
Emmett Till, 14, is laid out on a cot in a Chicago funeral home, his face disfigured and bloated.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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“Funeral home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
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