funeral parlor
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈfjuːnərəl ˈpɑːrlər/
- US
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funeraria
- The coffins were on a Bulgarian-registered vehicle and were headed toward a funeral parlor in west London.
- room of the funeral parlor
- door of the funeral parlor
- go to the funeral parlor
He said just let my mum, my sister, my brother, my kids go to the funeral parlour.
- He said just let my mum, my sister, my brother, my kids go to the funeral parlour.
- But even the funeral, I went to the funeral parlour with Fox's son and the son's mum, Fox's Fox's babe Mum.
Examples
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Well, now you have to make arrangements with the funeral parlor, and they pretty much take care of everything.
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We chose a quiet funeral parlor to hold the memorial service for our grandmother.
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You know the fellow that runs the funeral parlor.
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Ask him the name of the funeral parlor where he left his wife.
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Now Jeannie has a husband and son in jail and a mother in the funeral parlor.
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Her last wish was that the family not eat at Mandina's across from the funeral parlor after her wake.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sandra had avoided the funeral parlor for years, but the smells were familiar.
Fiction book (1999) -
Vada lives with her widowed father and elderly grandmother in their home attached to her father's funeral parlor.
Academic text (2002) -
Sandra crept down the carpeted stairs into the funeral parlor.
Fiction book (1999) -
By the time Evon arrived in Glen Ayre, Mort had gone off to the funeral parlor, leaving his wife, Joan, behind.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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3.4
A place where people prepare a dead body for burial or cremation and say goodbye
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7.5
A place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
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3.2
A room or building where friends and family see the dead person and say goodbye before the funeral
A place where people go to see a dead person and pay their respects
A cold room in hospitals and funeral homes that holds dead bodies before burial or cremation
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
funeral + parlor
The meaning is directly compositional: 'funeral' (ceremony for the dead) combined with 'parlor' (a room/place for receiving people or providing a service) yields a place associated with funerals where bodies are prepared and visitors pay respects. Although 'parlor' is somewhat old-fashioned and 'funeral home' is a more common synonym, the noun+noun place-naming pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Funeral parlor comes from the words funeral and parlor. A parlor was a small sitting room where people met to see someone who had died, so the phrase became 'a place where dead bodies are kept and prepared and people visit to say goodbye'.