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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
/ ˈːəə /
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 51Թ Forms
- ·ڳn· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ 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
There are more than 2,500 Co-op supermarkets in the UK, as well as 800 funeral homes.
It follows the death of Pope Francis who died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday and whose funeral was held on Saturday.
Harvey's funeral, which was held at Sheffield Cathedral a fortnight after his death, was attended by hundreds of people.
“I’ve been to a lot of funerals in my life so it felt very familiar,” he adds.
It follows a one-on-one meeting between Zelensky and Trump at the Vatican on the sidelines of the Pope's funeral on Saturday.
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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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