funeral home

noun

1. an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.

Word History and Origins

Origin of funeral home¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

A former police officer from Northern Ireland has been jailed for 11 years after he admitted attempting to murder his ex-partner and her mother at a funeral home in the Borders.

From BBC

On Friday, family members, friends and activists against gender-based violence viewed her coffin at a funeral home in the Kenyan town of Eldoret, before it was driven away.

From BBC

A former police officer from Northern Ireland has admitted driving his car through the window of a funeral home in the Borders injuring his ex-girlfriend and her mother.

From BBC

“I’m never going to get a dime from them, so, I don’t know, it’s a little frustrating,” Crystina Page, who hired the funeral home to cremate her son’s remains in 2019, told the Associated Press.

From BBC

They released her body to a funeral home and notified her family of the recovery, the post said.

From Los Angeles Times