funeral


Definition: Meaning of, funeral in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfjuːn(ə)r(ə)l /

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funeral funerals
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  1. a religious ceremony for burying or CREMATING (= burning) someone who has died [↪  burial, cremation]
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  2. it's your funeral spoken used to warn someone that they, and no one else, must deal with the results of their actions
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funeral used in phrases

  • funeral chapel (noun)
    1. a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
  • funeral church (noun)
    1. a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
  • funeral director (noun)
    1. someone who is paid to organize a funeral [=  undertaker British English]
  • funeral home (noun)
    1. the place where a body is kept before a funeral
  • funeral march (noun)
    1. a slow march to be played for funeral processions
  • funeral parlor (noun)
    1. a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
  • funeral parlour (noun)
    1. a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
  • funeral pyre (noun)
    1. wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
  • funeral undertaker (noun)
    1. one whose business is the management of funerals
  • funeral-residence (noun)
    1. a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
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