1
: a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
2
: a collection of reference works and files of reference material in a newspaper or news periodical office
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old news stories found in a newspaper morgue
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In a video posted to social media, Puerto Leguizamo Deputy Mayor Carlos Claros said the bodies of the victims were taken to the small town's morgue and that the only two clinics in town treated the injured before they were flown to larger cities.
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CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
In a video posted on social media, Deputy Mayor Carlos Claros said that the bodies of the victims were taken to the small town's morgue, and that the only two clinics in town treated the injured before they were flown to larger cities.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
Glimpses came through in the haunting stream of ambulances in empty New York City streets or images of overflowing morgues.
—Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2026
When my sister and I left the building, the morgue techs were still parked in the yellow loading zone between Target and Tower Cleaners—our dad’s dry-cleaning place—and just closing the tailgate of the hearse.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
In a video posted on social media, Deputy Mayor Carlos Claros said that the bodies of the victims were taken to the small town's morgue, and that the only two clinics in town treated the injured before they were flown to larger cities.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
Glimpses came through in the haunting stream of ambulances in empty New York City streets or images of overflowing morgues.
—Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2026
When my sister and I left the building, the morgue techs were still parked in the yellow loading zone between Target and Tower Cleaners—our dad’s dry-cleaning place—and just closing the tailgate of the hearse.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Morgue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morgue. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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morgue
noun1
: a place where the bodies of the dead are kept temporarily until they are identified or released for burial
2
: a department of a newspaper where reference material is filed
Medical Definition
morgue
noun
: a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
Legal Definition
morgue
noun
: a place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept until identified and claimed by relatives or released for burial or autopsy
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