funeral parlor
The standard American English term for a funeral home — the establishment where bodies are prepared for burial or cremation and funeral services are arranged and held.
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The standard American English term for a funeral home — the establishment where bodies are prepared for burial or cremation and funeral services are arranged and held. While not slang in the traditional sense, 'funeral parlor' carries a slightly older, more formal register than 'funeral home,' evoking the Victorian and Edwardian era when such facilities were literally parlours repurposed for the purpose. The term is widely understood and used across the US without controversy.
Her family chose the downtown funeral parlor because it had been handling local services for three generations.
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(US) A mortuary or funeral home.
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- funeral door65%
(US, architecture) a door to the hall or foyer from the parlor to allow for the movement of caskets; from the time when the wealthy would host their wakes and funerals in their own homes. It is a supplementary door to the main doors of the front parlor. The funeral door existed to allow for the dead to move through doors without needing to use the doorways used by the living.
- crem60%
British colloquial shortening of 'crematorium.' Used without particular delicacy in everyday British speech — cremation is common and the abbreviation is practical rather than euphemistic. Heard in conversations about funerals and memorial services and in local news coverage. Unremarkable in British English; would need context for non-British audiences.
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(UK, colloquial) crematorium.
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(UK, AU, colloquial) cemetery.