The Collaborative International Dictionary
funeral home \fu"ner*al home`\, n. An establishment, usually commercial, where the bodies of dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or cremation; called also funeral parlor, mortuary, funeral chapel and informally, undertaker's. The body may or may not be preserved by embalming before viewing or burial, and in some cases the body is not exposed for viewing, though present in a casket. Often, some form of memorial service is held for the deceased at the funeral home, where friends and relatives may come to pay their respects to the dead, and express condolence to the family. The work of preparation of the body and many other arrangements related to the funeral and burial are carried out by an undertaker or mortician who manages the funeral home.
funeral parlor \fu"ner*al par"lor\, n. Same as funeral home.
Wiktionary
n. (context US English) a mortuary or funeral home
WordNet
n. a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects [syn: funeral home, funeral parlour, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral-residence]
Usage examples of "funeral parlor".
They took them from the Walton County coroner's office and from the funeral parlor?
When me and my brothers come along - they're all dead now - we opened a reg'lar funeral parlor, all proper and dignified but not high-fallutin', see?
She would have to accept their sympathies, their comforts, their own sorrows, as she had at the funeral parlor viewing.
In one hour, not before, perhaps later, he will be at your funeral parlor to ask for your help.
Since we saw no sign of errant Al around the funeral parlor, Bob and I left the dead in peace.
His assistant had already closed up the back of the station wagon and gone back inside the funeral parlor.
Across the street from The Corner Pocket was a mortuary - DESPEGNI FUNERAL PARLOR, it said on the green awning.
Wouldn't he have mentioned it while they were sitting together outside the funeral parlor?