funeral home

noun

1. an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.

Word History and Origins

Origin of funeral home¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

Maybe a ghost in the funeral home late at night?

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A funeral home has been severely damaged after a fire broke out.

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The company is in the process of submitting plans to the city of L.A. to get approval for a cemetery and funeral home on the property.

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The mood was somber at the funeral home.

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After that, his unclaimed body began its wanderings: as a greeter for an Oklahoma funeral home, as a sideshow attraction for touring carnivals, and even in a titillating 1933 pre-Code film, “Narcotic.”

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