morgue

2 definitions found

morgue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Morgue \Morgue\, n. [F.]
     1. A place where the bodies of dead persons are kept, until
        they are identified, or claimed by their friends; a
        deadhouse.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. (Newspapers) A room containing reference files of older
        material in a newspaper office; also, the material
        contained in such a room.
        [PJC]

morgue - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  morgue
      n 1: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before
           burial or cremation [syn: morgue, mortuary, dead room
           ]