undertakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʌn.dəˌteɪ.kər/us/ˈʌn.dɚˌteɪ.kɚ/also funeral director, US also morticiana person whose job is to prepare dead bodies that are going to be buried or cremated (= burned) and to organize funerals
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Funerals
- closed-casket
- cortege
- funeral director
- funeral parlour
- funerary
- funereal
- green burial
- hearse
- lay
- morgue
- mortician
- mourner
- natural burial
- open-casket
- pall
- pay your respects idiom
- respect
- the last post
- wake
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