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FUNERAL HOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does funeral home mean?
• FUNERAL HOME (noun)
The noun FUNERAL HOME has 1 sense:
1. a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
Familiarity information: FUNERAL HOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
funeral-residence; funeral chapel; funeral church; funeral home; funeral parlor; funeral parlour
Hypernyms ("funeral home" is a kind of...):
dead room; morgue; mortuary (a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation)
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