Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place in which the bodies of persons found dead are kept until identified and claimed or until arrangements for burial have been made.
- noun A reference file in a newspaper or magazine office.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Haughty demeanor; hauteur.
- noun A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be claimed by their friends; a dead-house.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A place where the bodies of dead persons are kept, until they are identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.
- noun (Newspapers) A room containing reference files of older material in a newspaper office; also, the material contained in such a room.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
supercilious orhaughty attitude;arrogance . - noun A building or room where
dead bodies are kept before their properburial or cremation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The drab but pain-filled room at Baghdad's morgue is a stark reminder of how much this country still suffers.
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The morgue is receiving a minimum of 60 bodies a day and sometimes more than 100, a morgue employee told IPS on condition of anonymity.
Think Progress » Central morgue in Baghdad can’t keep up with workload. 2006
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It's a good thing, too, because the morgue is pretty much overrun by this point - and our protagonists are trying to fight their way out.
After Sundown moriarty6 2006
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TUCHMAN: After meeting Denise, we called morgue officials, who this week notified Denise Herbert that one of their unidentified bodies was, indeed, her mother.
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TUCHMAN: After meeting Denise, we called morgue officials, who this week notified Denise Herbert that one of their unidentified bodies was, indeed, her mother.
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TUCHMAN: After meeting Denise, we called morgue officials, who this week notified Denise Herbert that one of their unidentified bodies was indeed her mother.
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What the hell, I wasn't busy and it sounded fun, so I called the morgue, talked to the city desk and ended up writing a ten-grapher.
Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004
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A place she’d never really thought about until last night, when her tiny baby slipped from her into the grim-looking doctor’s hands and she heard him whisper the word morgue.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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A place she’d never really thought about until last night, when her tiny baby slipped from her into the grim-looking doctor’s hands and she heard him whisper the word morgue.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Bill sat at the table, his own appetite gone, stung by Ken’s use of the word morgue.
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One Ann Smolin 1993
mattaustin commented on the word morgue
hola. I found this word in the Bradenton Herald local section, A man threating her with a knife telling her she will end up in the morgue soon.
September 30, 2010