funeral parlour

1. 1.

   a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects

   Synonymsfuneral homefuneral parlorfuneral chapelfuneral churchfuneral-residence

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Questions about funeral parlour

What does funeral parlour mean?

funeral parlour means "a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects".

What is another word for funeral parlour?

Close synonyms include funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral-residence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is funeral parlour a common word?

funeral parlour is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.