MORGUE
morgue, mortuary, dead room
(noun) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
morgue (plural morgues)
A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
Synonyms
• (place for corpses): See mortuary
Source: Wiktionary
Morgue, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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