morgue

UK /mɔːɡ/ US /moɹɡ/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

full, new, patient, resting, soon, western

VERB + MORGUE

back, building, go, lying, taken, talks, work

MORGUE + NOUN

arrival, member

PREP.

around, down, from, in

Definitions

noun

A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.

They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

The archive and background information division of a newspaper.

Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue

Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before buria

mortuary

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on

Wiktionary

Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue

Wiktionary

Shand: get down to the Record and the Trib. See what they've got on Elliot in their morgues.

Wiktionary

That white building is a morgue.

Tatoeba · #467845

The doctor sent the live patient to the morgue.

Tatoeba · #1131305

It must be really creepy to work in a morgue.

Tatoeba · #1203267

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, morgue is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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