undertaker

«undertaker» in Mova's school dictionary: to prepare dead bodies for burial or cremation and to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an undertaker, undertakers)

meaning for a pupil

A person whose job is to prepare dead bodies for burial or cremation and to arrange funerals; in the US also called a funeral director or mortician. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life the undertaker helps a family after someone dies. In stories and old films an undertaker may be a spooky or comic character, measuring people for coffins. The polite modern word is «funeral director».

examples

• The undertaker arranged the funeral. tree →
• The family phoned the undertaker when Grandpa passed away. tree →
• The undertaker wore a black suit and a tall hat. tree →
• In the western film, the undertaker measured the cowboy for a coffin. tree →
• The undertaker drove the hearse slowly. tree →
• The undertaker's shop was on the high street. tree →

note

An undertaker does not «undertake» tasks in the general sense — the old meaning was «someone who takes on (a funeral)». Polite: funeral director (UK), mortician (US). Use «an» before it.

In the corpora

• "Funeral director" is the official name for an undertaker, the person who arranges funerals.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «undertaker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.