undertaker
/ˈʌndəteɪkə
/noun
A person whose business is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals.All burials and cremations are arranged by professional undertakers....
- The family have asked the funeral undertakers not to disclose any details of the arrangements leading up to the burial.
- Families started hiring undertakers to prepare the deceased for burial.
Synonyms
funeral director;
North American mortician
archaic upholder, blackmaster, cold cook, death-hunter
rare thanatologist
Rhymes
- have shot one's bolt
- have skin in the game
- have someone eating out of one's hand
- have someone on
- have someone on toast
- have someone's ear
- have someone's guts for garters
- have someone's name on it
- have someone's number
- have someone's number on it
- have someone/thing by the balls
- have someone/thing in mind
- have someone up
- have-something
- have something against someone
- have something at one's feet
- have something coming out of one's ears
- have something in common
- have something off (or down) pat
- have something on good authority
- have something on one's side (or something is on one's side)
- have something (or nothing) to show for
- have something out
- have something to burn
- have something to offer