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funeral
[ fyoo-ner-uhl ]
noun
- the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- a funeral procession.
adjective
- of or relating to a funeral:
funeral services; funeral expenses.
funeral
/ ˈfjuːnərəl /
noun
- a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
- ( as modifier )
a funeral service
- a procession of people escorting a corpse to burial
- informal.worry; concern; affair
that's your funeral
Other Words From
- pre·funer·al adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of funeral1
Idioms and Phrases
- be someone's funeral, Informal. to have unpleasant consequences for someone:
If you don't finish the work on time, it will be your funeral!
More idioms and phrases containing funeral
see it's your funeral .Example Sentences
Then last week, the Social Security Administration briefly became the sixth federal agency to target Maine, canceling contracts that allowed hospitals to automatically report births and funeral homes to report deaths.
"Anthony Pierce was a man entrusted to preside over christenings, funerals, weddings and prayers," she added.
A few weeks later I also spent four hours with them Kyle; in the funeral director's.
Ahead of her funeral on Monday, we look at the life and legacy of the entrepreneur, who colleagues have said was "revolutionary" with "a massive heart".
"The chronology of Flagstones is essential for understanding the changing sequence of ceremonial and funeral monuments in Britain," Dr Greaney said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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