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
Examples of morgue in a Sentence
old news stories found in a newspaper morgue
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At the city’s medical forensic services office, the four giant morgue refrigerators were always full.
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Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
All the bodies are being moved to São Paulo's police morgue, officials said during a press conference after the crash.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2024
Leaving no stone unturned, Fran also took the difficult step of contacting the hospital's morgue, but hit yet another dead end.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
The mother of a teenager killed, Edith Wanjiku, told journalists at a morgue that the police who shot her son should be charged with murder because her 19-year-old son had been unarmed.
—Evelyne Musambi, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
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Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
All the bodies are being moved to São Paulo's police morgue, officials said during a press conference after the crash.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2024
Leaving no stone unturned, Fran also took the difficult step of contacting the hospital's morgue, but hit yet another dead end.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
The mother of a teenager killed, Edith Wanjiku, told journalists at a morgue that the police who shot her son should be charged with murder because her 19-year-old son had been unarmed.
—Evelyne Musambi, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2024
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“Morgue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morgue. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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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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