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# undertaker

noun (an undertaker, undertakers)

«undertaker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/#m1)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «undertaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undertaker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«undertaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/undertaker.html) on Mova free.