funeral-residence

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsfuneral homefuneral parlorfuneral parlourfuneral chapelfuneral church

   Broadermorgue

Questions about funeral-residence

What does funeral-residence mean?

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

How many syllables are in funeral-residence?

funeral-residence has 6 syllables: fu-ne-ral--re-si-dence. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for funeral-residence?

Close synonyms include funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral chapel, funeral church. 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-residence a common word?

funeral-residence 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.