Word
morgue
US/ˈmɔɹɡ/
UK/mˈɔːɡ/
Definition
n. a place where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated. It is usually located in a hospital or a police station.
n. a building or room, typically within a hospital or police facility, where corpses are kept for identification or examination before burial or cremation.
Examples
“The hospital staff moved the body to the morgue.”
“The medical examiner spent several hours in the morgue performing an autopsy to determine the cause of death.”
“In the aftermath of the disaster, the local gymnasium was converted into a temporary morgue to accommodate the high number of casualties awaiting identification by their families.”
Examples
simple
“The hospital staff moved the body to the morgue.”
contextual
“The medical examiner spent several hours in the morgue performing an autopsy to determine the cause of death.”
complex
“In the aftermath of the disaster, the local gymnasium was converted into a temporary morgue to accommodate the high number of casualties awaiting identification by their families.”
Real-World Examples
“Her antiheroine visits a morgue, where the bodies of children, “dusted in sand and blood”, wear torn Spider-Man pyjamas.” “But the morgues have already run out of room.” Etymology
Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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