funeral parlour
noun/ˈfjuːnərəl pɑːlə(r)/
/ˈfjuːnərəl pɑːrlər/
(US English funeral parlor)
(also funeral home North American English, British English)
(North American English also mortuary)
- a place where dead people are prepared for being buried or cremated (= burned) and where visitors can see the body
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
funeral parlour