MEANING
A ceremony or observance honoring someone who has died, often accompanying disposal of the body.
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Words that belong together
- funeral procession
- funeral service
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The funeral procession crossed the bridge in silence.
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- funeral
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Singular funeral; plural funerals. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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