mortuarynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɔː.tʃu.ə.ri/us/ˈmɔːr.tʃu.er.i/UK US morgue a building, or a room in a hospital, etc. where dead bodies are kept before they are sent to be buried or burned, sometimes so that they can be examined
US also funeral parlor , UK funeral parlour a place where a dead person is prepared to be buried or burned, and where relatives and friends can see the body
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Funerals
- closed-casket
- cortege
- funeral director
- funeral parlour
- funerary
- funereal
- green burial
- hearse
- lay
- mortician
- mourner
- natural burial
- open-casket
- pall
- pay your respects idiom
- respect
- the last post
- undertaker
- wake
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