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morgue

Definition

  • noun: a place where the bodies of dead people are kept until they are buried or cremated
  • noun: a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
  • often used figuratively or in the phrase 'like a morgue' to describe a place that is very quiet and sad
  • synonyms: deadhouse, dead house

Examples

  • The locker room was a 'morgue' after the team lost yet another game.

  • old news stories found in a newspaper 'morgue'

  • The locker room was 'like a morgue'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We're done here. Travis got everyone's attention by staging his tableaus. It's time I got his by staging one of my own. I stashed Gellar's hand in the morgue, now I need it back. Hey, Dexter! I was looking for you in your lab. Oh, heading home. Looks like you got a minute. (..)
    2011 TvShow: Dexter Title: Talk to the Hand Season: 6 Episode 11