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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 respectsplay

  Familiarity information: FUNERAL HOME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FUNERAL HOME (noun)


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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