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1. (n.) morgue
a place in which dead bodies are kept, esp. the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
2. morgue
a reference file of old clippings, photographs, etc., esp. in a newspaper office.
Etymology: (1815–25; < F; MF: entry room of a prison, perh. identical with
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) morgue, mortuary, dead room
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
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1. (noun) morgue
a place dead bodies are kept
the hospital morgue
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) morgue
a place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. morgue
a house in which bodies found dead are placed for identification.
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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morgue
The pantheon of the unremembered; Death's shop-window.
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Sense: a building where people who have been found dead are laid until they are identified etc.
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 Afrikaans: lykshuis |
 Arabic: مَعْرِض الجُثَث المَجْهول |
 Bulgarian: морга |
 Brazilian: necrotério |
 Czech: márnice |
 German: das Leichenschauhaus |
 Danish: lighus |
 Greek: νεκροτομείο |
 Spanish: morgue |
 Estonian: surnukamber |
 Farsi: سردخانه |
 Finnish: ruumishuone |
 French: morgue |
 Hebrew: חֲדַר מֵתִים |
 Hindi: मुरदाघर |
 Croatian: mrtvačnica |
 Hungarian: hullaház |
 Indonesian: kamar mayat |
 Icelandic: líkhús |
 Italian: obitorio |
 Japanese: 死体公示所 |
 Korean: (신원불명의) 시체 공시장(公示場) |
 Lithuanian: lavoninė, morgas |
 Latvian: morgs |
 Malay: rumah mayat |
 Dutch: lijkenhuis |
 Norwegian: likhus |
 Polish: kostnica |
 Persian: سردخانه |
 Pashto: سړه خونه |
 Portuguese: morgue |
 Romanian: morgă |
 Russian: морг |
 Slovak: márnica |
 Slovenian: mrtvašnica |
 Serbian: mrtvačnica |
 Swedish: bårhus |
 Thai: ที่เก็บศพ |
 Turkish: morg |
 Taiwanese: 停屍間 |
 Ukrainian: морг |
 Urdu: مردہ خانہ |
 Vietnamese: nhà xác |
 Chinese: （待人认领尸体的）陈尸所，太平间，停尸房 |
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