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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Eventually, an out-of-town funeral home – Castle Ridge in Crystal City, Texas – stepped in to handle funeral arrangements, and Ramos was released to relatives, Diaz Jr. said. 
Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022 Her father owned a funeral home, which his kids rationalized with the adjective in the title. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Now, Kyung Ja Kim's family is seeking a $50 million settlement from the New Jersey funeral home, its director and mortician. Kaitlyn Kanzler, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022 Carranza had watched as Ramos crashed his truck into a ditch outside the school, grabbed his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and shot at two people outside a funeral home, who ran away uninjured. Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022 Ramos crashed his truck into a ditch outside the school, grabbed his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and shot at two people outside a funeral home, who ran away uninjured, according to authorities and witnesses. Jake Bleiberg, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022 The man, whose name authorities did not release, was spotted leaving the funeral home as a pallbearer. CBS News, 25 Aug. 2022 In addition to being a full-service cemetery and funeral home, the vaunted community venue hosts live music events and movie screenings on the Fairbanks Lawn — named after film icon Douglas Fairbanks, who is also buried there. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 White balloons lined the street outside the funeral home. Amanda J. Crawford, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022 Her father owned a funeral home, which his kids rationalized with the adjective in the title. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 Now, Kyung Ja Kim's family is seeking a $50 million settlement from the New Jersey funeral home, its director and mortician. Kaitlyn Kanzler, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022 Carranza had watched as Ramos crashed his truck into a ditch outside the school, grabbed his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and shot at two people outside a funeral home, who ran away uninjured. Jake Bleiberg, Jim Vertuno And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022 Ramos crashed his truck into a ditch outside the school, grabbed his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and shot at two people outside a funeral home, who ran away uninjured, according to authorities and witnesses. Jake Bleiberg, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022 The man, whose name authorities did not release, was spotted leaving the funeral home as a pallbearer. CBS News, 25 Aug. 2022 In addition to being a full-service cemetery and funeral home, the vaunted community venue hosts live music events and movie screenings on the Fairbanks Lawn — named after film icon Douglas Fairbanks, who is also buried there. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022 White balloons lined the street outside the funeral home. Amanda J. Crawford, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above