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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

  • (..) How is Jack? We don't know yet. How's it going? Good. What the hell are they doing here? Six in the morgue, Louis in hospital. This was the mother of all bad ideas. We got a lead on Anton Vallon, we took it. What lead? Not in front of them. (..)
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