funeral parlour

British  

noun

1. Usual US name: funeral home.  a place where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation

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Example Sentences

Speaking to the BBC, the couple said they found Macie-Mae's body on the sofa at the funeral director's home, six miles away from the funeral parlour where they thought her body was being looked after.

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Speaking to BBC Newsnight, the couple said they discovered Ms Upton had kept their daughter's body at her home, six miles away from the funeral parlour where they believed her body was being looked after.

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They said they had agreed to their daughter being taken by Florrie's Army, as Ms Upton had led them to believe the body was being kept at a funeral parlour in Headingley until the burial.

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In June last year, 76-year-old Bella Montoya in Ecuador was declared dead following a suspected stroke, placed in a coffin and taken to a funeral parlour for a vigil ahead of her burial.

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A grieving daughter has been told her mother's ashes were found during a police search at a funeral parlour, months after she thought she had scattered them.

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