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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First there was confusion about the actions of two men from a nearby funeral home who had also gone to help.
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Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Later, there is caper-like comedy at a funeral home, which then sobers in a poignant tete-a-tete between Yun-ji and Min-yeong, astute revelations of the broken homes that shaped our young heroines, a climactic riot of slapstick destruction at an emergency school meeting and more.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The crash, during a procession of officers to accompany Niekamp’s body from the medical examiner’s office to a funeral home, occurred at the intersection of Precinct Line Road and River Trails Boulevard in northeast Fort Worth, authorities told KTVT-TV.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2025
Now, years later, Hollis works at the funeral home as a mortician and is preparing to take over as director once her father retires.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Later, there is caper-like comedy at a funeral home, which then sobers in a poignant tete-a-tete between Yun-ji and Min-yeong, astute revelations of the broken homes that shaped our young heroines, a climactic riot of slapstick destruction at an emergency school meeting and more.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
The crash, during a procession of officers to accompany Niekamp’s body from the medical examiner’s office to a funeral home, occurred at the intersection of Precinct Line Road and River Trails Boulevard in northeast Fort Worth, authorities told KTVT-TV.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2025
Now, years later, Hollis works at the funeral home as a mortician and is preparing to take over as director once her father retires.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for funeral home
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“Funeral home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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