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morgue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dead room, mortuary |
| Type of | edifice, building |
| Has types | crematory, funeral-residence, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, crematorium |
Examples of morgue
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Either they go home that day, they're sent to a ward or they end up in a morgue.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Morgue authorities in Rio de Janeiro said all identified victims were Brazilian.
From the guardian.co.uk
A makeshift morgue has been set up at the resort island's international airport.
From the stltoday.com
Lohan had been scheduled to begin work at the morgue on Thursday, but was late.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Shultz also described seeing her son for the last time when he was in the morgue.
From the thenewstribune.com
It and the morgue probably were built before Washington became a state in 1889.
From the thenewstribune.com
It's nice that he is not going to jail, nicer that he is not going to the morgue.
From the chron.com
At the same time, the boy's great-aunt, Pam Tate, headed to a makeshift morgue.
From the stltoday.com
A truck service facility near the KDOT building would eventually become a morgue.
From the kansas.com
- A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
- A morgue or mortuary (in a hospital or elsewhere) is used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification, or removal for autopsy or disposal by burial, cremation or otherwise. In modern times they have customarily been refrigerated to delay decomposition.
- The Morgue (2008) is a direct-to-DVD horror film starring Heather Donahue of the The Blair Witch Project, Bill Cobbs, Lisa Crilley, and Brandon Quinn. The film is directed by Halder Gomes and Gerson Sanginitto.
- A place where human remains are kept pending autopsy or identification.
- A place to where bodies found dead are removed and exposed pending identification by relatives.
- To dream that you visit a morgue searching for some one, denotes that you will be shocked by news of the death of a relative or friend. To see many corpses there, much sorrow and trouble will come under your notice.
- A place to store bodies until identification or funeral. Also a reference file in periodical office.
- Where old newspapers, clippings, cuts and pictures are stored.
- An area in the building where back issues of the newspaper are kept.
