mortuary

noun

/ˈmɔːtʃəri/

/ˈmɔːrtʃueri/

(plural mortuaries)

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a room or building, for example part of a hospital, in which dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated (= burned)
- They put the body in the hospital mortuary.
- He works at the public mortuary.
Topics Life stagesc2, Medicinec2, Buildingsc2
(North American English)
(British English funeral parlour, US English also funeral parlor, funeral home North American English, British English)
a place where dead people are prepared for being buried or cremated (= burned) and where visitors can see the body

compare morgue

Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a gift claimed by a parish priest from a deceased person's estate): from Latin mortuarius, from mortuus ‘dead’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 19th cent.

单词	mortuary
释义	mortuary noun /ˈmɔːtʃəri/ /ˈmɔːrtʃueri/ (plural mortuaries) jump to other results a room or building, for example part of a hospital, in which dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated (= burned) They put the body in the hospital mortuary. He works at the public mortuary. Topics Life stagesc2, Medicinec2, Buildingsc2 (North American English) (British English funeral parlour, US English also funeral parlor, funeral home North American English, British English) a place where dead people are prepared for being buried or cremated (= burned) and where visitors can see the body compare morgue Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a gift claimed by a parish priest from a deceased person's estate): from Latin mortuarius, from mortuus ‘dead’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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