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    DEAD ROOM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremationplay

    Synonyms:

    dead room; morgue; mortuary

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("dead room" is a kind of...):

    building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dead room"):

    crematorium; crematory (a mortuary where corpses are cremated)

    funeral-residence; funeral chapel; funeral church; funeral home; funeral parlor; funeral parlour (a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects)

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