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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#x1)
- The family phoned the undertaker when Grandpa passed away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#x2)
- The undertaker wore a black suit and a tall hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#x3)
- In the western film, the undertaker measured the cowboy for a coffin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#x4)
- The undertaker drove the hearse slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#x5)
- The undertaker's shop was on the high street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «undertaker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.