Meaning

2 senses
  1. A mortuary where the friends and relatives of the deceased may attend a wake, or pay their last respects.

    Near-synonym: mortuary

    Trauerhalle

    похоро́нный залpoxorónnyj zal

    a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects

  2. Business that provides interment and funeral services for the deceased.

    Bestattungsinstitut, Bestattungshaus

Examples

10 sentences
  1. I followed the funeral from home.

  2. I could never work in a funeral home.

  3. There were so many people at the funeral home today.

  4. The funeral home just called.

  5. Martino is a funeral home employee.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
mortuary:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mortuary:
business providing funeral services:

Forms

plural: funeral homes
Singularfuneral home
Pluralfuneral homes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects:funeral parlorfuneral parlourfuneral chapelfuneral churchfuneral-residence

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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