Definitions for morgue
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. morgue, mortuary, dead roomnoun

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

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1. Morguenoun

   (Newspapers) A room containing reference files of older material in a newspaper office; also, the material contained in such a room.

2. Morguenoun

   A place where the bodies of dead persons are kept, until they are identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. morguenoun

   A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.

2. morguenoun

   A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation.

3. Etymology: From morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.

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1. Morgue

   A morgue or mortuary (in a hospital or elsewhere) is a place used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification (ID), removal for autopsy, respectful burial, cremation or other methods of disposal. In modern times, corpses have customarily been refrigerated to delay decomposition.

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1. morgue

   A morgue is a place where the bodies of dead people are kept temporarily until they are identified or claimed, or arrangements for burial or cremation are made. In medical or forensic facilities, the morgue may also serve as a location for autopsies or other procedures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Morguenoun

   a place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse

2. Etymology: [F.]

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1. Morgue

   A morgue or mortuary is used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification, or sleeping, or removal for autopsy or disposal by burial, cremation or otherwise. In modern times they have customarily been refrigerated to delay decomposition.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Morgue

   morg, n. a place where bodies found dead are laid out for identification. [Fr.]

2. Morgue

   morg, n. hauteur. [Fr.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Morgue

   a house in which bodies found dead are placed for identification.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. morgue

   The pantheon of the unremembered; Death's shop-window.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Morgue

   So far from denoting a mortuary, this term really means the inner wicket of a prison, where the identification marks of new arrivals are taken before they have their cells and tasks assigned to them. It is therefore not incorrectly applied to the place of public examination and identification of the unknown dead.

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1. • Building

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of morgue in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of morgue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of morgue in a Sentence

1. Cathrine Ertmann:

   After working in the morgue, I was walking in the street and I got really overwhelmed by seeing all the people just walking, chatting and laughing, i wanted to yell: YOU ARE ALIVE, USE IT!

2. Mario Cruz:

   We have 7 confirmed dead, 4 adults and 3 kids, who were already taken to the morgue.

3. Paul Offit:

   It is a little worrisome that you see a lesser neutralizing antibody response, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you are unprotected, the goal of this vaccine is to keep you out of the hospital and to keep you out of the morgue. If you get a symptomatic infection or mildly symptomatic infection that is not a burden to the healthcare system.

4. Kimberly Kersey:

   I'll be carrying for sure, I'm not leaving to chance, i'm terrified of clowns already and if one messes with me or my kids it'll be to the hospital or morgue they go.

5. Sergio Cabanas:

   It's a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the El Rodeo village. There are injured, burned and dead people, we have 7 confirmed dead, 4 adults and 3 kids, who were already taken to the morgue.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=morgue
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=morgue
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Morgue
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgue
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morgue
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=morgue
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=morgue
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Morgue
10. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=morgue
11. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=morgue
12. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=morgue

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