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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024morgue /mɔrg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a place in which dead bodies are kept until they have been identified or disposed of.
- Journalisma reference file of old clippings, etc., esp. in a newspaper office.
See -mort-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024morgue (môrg),USA pronunciation n. - a place in which bodies are kept, esp. the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- Journalisma reference file of old clippings, mats, books, etc., in a newspaper office.
- Journalismthe room containing such a reference file.
- any place, as a room or file, where records, information, or objects are kept for unexpected but possible future use.
- such records, information, or objects.
- French; name of building in Paris housing unidentified dead bodies
- 1815–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: morgue /mɔːɡ/ n - another word for mortuary
- informal a room or file containing clippings, files, etc, used for reference in a newspaper
Etymology: 19th Century: from French la Morgue, a Paris mortuary |