morgue
🇺🇸
/mɔːrɡ/
🇬🇧
/mɔːɡ/
noun
R
A place where dead bodies are stored before they are buried or cremated.
The police took the unidentified body to the morgue for further examination.
R
A place where dead bodies that have been found are kept until they can be identified.
The body was moved to the morgue, where it would be held until someone came to claim it.
translation
A place where dead bodies are stored before they are buried or cremated.; A place where dead bodies that have been found are kept until they can be identified.
Word Forms
Plural
morgues