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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The procession carried his body from the medical examiner's office in Boston to a funeral home in Peabody.
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Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Hundreds lined the streets Thursday night for the dignified transfer escort that carried Trainor’s body to the funeral home after a nearly 25-mile ride from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Boston.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
The field office constantly coördinated with local social-services agencies, hospitals, funeral homes, jails.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Police recovered bodies and moved them to different funeral homes, officials said.
—John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
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Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Hundreds lined the streets Thursday night for the dignified transfer escort that carried Trainor’s body to the funeral home after a nearly 25-mile ride from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Boston.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
The field office constantly coördinated with local social-services agencies, hospitals, funeral homes, jails.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Police recovered bodies and moved them to different funeral homes, officials said.
—John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
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“Funeral home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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