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morgue

[ mawrg ]

noun

  1. a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
  2. a reference file of old clippings, mats, books, etc., in a newspaper office.
  3. the room containing such a reference file.
  4. any place, as a room or file, where records, information, or objects are kept for unexpected but possible future use.
  5. such records, information, or objects.


morgue

1

/ ³¾É”ËÉ¡ /

noun

  1. another word for mortuary
  2. informal.
    a room or file containing clippings, files, etc, used for reference in a newspaper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

morgue

2

/ ³¾É”°ùÉ¡ /

noun

  1. superiority; haughtiness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of morgue1

1815–25; < French; name of building in Paris housing unidentified dead bodies
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of morgue1

C19: from French la Morgue, a Paris mortuary
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Example Sentences

It is sent to a morgue where forensic tests will have to be conducted to confirm the identity.

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Inside the morgue, others continued their desperate search, scanning rows of unclaimed corpses.

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We had met Mr Abdel Habib at the hospital morgue the previous day, where he was picking up the bodies of his brother and sister-in-law.

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He remembers the bumpy drive to a hospital morgue where he was asked to identify the bodies of his pregnant girlfriend, his cousin and a fellow anti-apartheid fighter.

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When emergency crews recovered the body, it was highly decomposed and taken to a nearby morgue for examination.

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