morgue
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
a reference file of old clippings, mats, books, etc., in a newspaper office.
the 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.
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In October 1918, Philadelphia witnessed 2,600 deaths in a single week and 4,500 in the week that followed, leaving a gruesome scene at the city’s only morgue.
The key to combating conspiracy theories about coronavirus vaccines | Cameron Givens | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post“If you can keep people out of the hospitals and out of morgues, that is of tremendous value,” he said.
Coronavirus mutations add urgency to vaccination effort as experts warn of long battle ahead | Joel Achenbach, Ariana Eunjung Cha | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostThis weekend, the state’s National Guard deployed a 36-member team to assist in morgues in El Paso, as the state reported 13,763 new cases on Saturday, according to The Post’s coronavirus tracker.
A birthday lunch left 15 Texas relatives battling covid-19: ‘Please don’t be like my family’ | Andrea Salcedo | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostYou’ll be well and firmly invested in this book once you get through that, and exhausted, as though you just finished watching a Kubrick movie with a dream sequence set in a full morgue, and there’s more story left.
Those who can’t afford to do so end up with a debt to morgues.
Border Report: Surviving in Tijuana Has Gotten Even Harder for Haitian Migrants | Maya Srikrishnan | July 20, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
So far, the mystery man in the morgue has not been identified, and neither has Mr. Douli.
‘We’re Going to Die’: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn London it is located in the Duveen Gallery where half the extant marbles sit under white light as if in a morgue.
Britain Has Lost Its Marbles: Elgin Loan Will Appease Putin | Geoffrey Robertson | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother incident, in January, involved a Kenyan man, Paul Mutora, who woke up in the morgue 15 hours after being pronounced dead.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfterwards, the bodies were taken to the morgue to positively identify them.
But five years and a morgue-full of D.O.A. sitcoms later, ABC has found its new modern family.
Take all the little fishergirls away from Paris—from the Quartier Latin—and you would find chaos and a morgue!
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithWard hesitated, as though doubtful about leaving this unusual person alone in the morgue, but finally assented.
If I were a woman I would prefer to lie stretched out at the morgue than be the joint possessor of that man's ill-gotten wealth.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiIn the morgue-like silence her silvery voice rang with startling clearness.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamI went back to the morgue and made some inquiries of the attendant there.
Dross | Henry Seton Merriman
British Dictionary definitions for morgue (1 of 2)
/ (mɔːɡ) /
another word for mortuary (def. 1)
informal a room or file containing clippings, files, etc, used for reference in a newspaper
Origin of morgue
1British Dictionary definitions for morgue (2 of 2)
/ French (mɔrɡ) /
superiority; haughtiness
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