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MORGUE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dead room; morgue; mortuary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("morgue" 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 "morgue"):

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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