funeral home
noun
: an establishment with facilities for the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation, for the viewing of the body, and for funerals
called also funeral parlor
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One person was killed and nine others wounded in a mass shooting and fiery car crash at a funeral home in suburban Baltimore on Tuesday night, police said.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
At least one person is dead and nine are injured after what police called a mass shooting near a funeral home in Towson, Maryland, on Tuesday night, police said.
—Nbc Washington, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
As the backbone of American commerce, formaldehyde is a workhorse in major sectors of the economy, preserving bodies in funeral homes, binding particleboards in furniture and serving as a building block in plastic.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP/FILE The married co-owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decomposing bodies were found pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
At least one person is dead and nine are injured after what police called a mass shooting near a funeral home in Towson, Maryland, on Tuesday night, police said.
—Nbc Washington, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
As the backbone of American commerce, formaldehyde is a workhorse in major sectors of the economy, preserving bodies in funeral homes, binding particleboards in furniture and serving as a building block in plastic.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Muskogee County Sheriff's Office via AP/FILE The married co-owners of a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 decomposing bodies were found pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Funeral home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20home. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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