Morgue
[mɔːg] or [mɔrɡ]
Definition
(noun.) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
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Definition
(n.) 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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Definition
n. a place where bodies found dead are laid out for identification.
n. hauteur.
Editor: Stephen
Unserious Contents or Definition
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.
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Examples
- Next we went to visit the Morgue, that horrible receptacle for the dead who die mysteriously and leave the manner of their taking off a dismal secret. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Approaching Notre Dame by the river-side, I passed on my way the terrible dead-house of Paris--the Morgue. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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