morgue

  • 51morgue — /mawrg/, n. 1. a place in which bodies are kept, esp. 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… …

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  • 52morgue — fr. Depósito de cadáveres (TG.)// lugar de exposición de cadáveres para su identificación// sitio donde se realizan autopsias de cadáveres …

    Diccionario Lunfardo

  • 53Morgue — nm moine anc. occitan XII°, Aveyron …

    Glossaire des noms topographiques en France

  • 54MORGUE —    a house in which bodies found dead are placed for identification …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 55morgue — {{hw}}{{morgue}}{{/hw}}s. f. inv.  (pl.  franc. morgues   ) Obitorio …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 56morgue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mortuary, death or charnel house, deadhouse; files, records, dead records file. See death, record. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A place where the dead are received] Syn. funeral home, funeral parlor, the… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 57morgue — mÉ”rg /mɔːg n. place where corpses are stored before post mortem exam or before being claimed for burial, mortuary …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58morgue — [mɔ:g] noun 1》 a mortuary. 2》 informal a newspaper s archive or library of cuttings, photographs, or other reference material. Origin C19: from Fr., orig. the name of a building in Paris where bodies were kept until identified …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 59morgue — n. Dead house …

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  • 60morgue — noun (C) 1 a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept until they are buried or cremated (cremate); mortuary 1 (1) BrE 2 often humorous a quiet place where not much happens, so that you feel sad or bored …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English