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
Examples of funeral home in a Sentence
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When Haydon’s mother died, and the home’s residents were at the funeral home, her brother went to the home and took photos to show police the condition of the house.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Deputies released Naomi to a funeral home and notified her family of the recovery.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 19 July 2024
Mishandled bodies and mixed-up remains prompt tougher funeral home regulations.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
This brings the community to a frenzy, threatening the already precarious existence of a 31-year-old widow named Sylvia Knight.
Sylvia, who narrates the novel, is a deeply depressed funeral home director whose husband died two years earlier in a hit-and-run car crash.
—Eric Olson, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Deputies released Naomi to a funeral home and notified her family of the recovery.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 19 July 2024
Mishandled bodies and mixed-up remains prompt tougher funeral home regulations.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
This brings the community to a frenzy, threatening the already precarious existence of a 31-year-old widow named Sylvia Knight.
Sylvia, who narrates the novel, is a deeply depressed funeral home director whose husband died two years earlier in a hit-and-run car crash.
—Eric Olson, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
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“Funeral home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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