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funeral parlour

British

noun

Usual US name: funeral home. a place where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation

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After Louise left the funeral parlour, the ashes were delivered to her home later that evening.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

A son claims his mother's body was found "decomposing" in a Hull funeral parlour months after he was told she had been cremated.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

"It is a blessing to be buried at all, let alone by family and friends," says a cemetery worker as he comes to pick up 10 cheap coffins from a funeral parlour.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2022

The cremations take place at a nearby animal funeral parlour, which charges him a “symbolic” fee.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2021

Feeling like an undertaker’s apprentice in a funeral parlour, I crept downstairs.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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