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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At morgues, detention centers, and an airbase, Saman captured evidence of torture and repression in black-and-white.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The military morgue in the western city of Rostov, officially known as the Center for the Reception, Processing and Dispatch of the Deceased, is the main clearing center.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 3 May 2025
One, set in a natural history museum, involves fossils; there’s a locked room mystery (with a mystery writer for a victim), which delights Patience, an Agatha Christie fan, and there’s a corpse that seemingly walks off a table in the morgue.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
In the opening minutes, a TV interview in a morgue is interrupted when the bodies in the racks (and, gruesomely, the one inside the cremator) begin banging on the walls.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The military morgue in the western city of Rostov, officially known as the Center for the Reception, Processing and Dispatch of the Deceased, is the main clearing center.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 3 May 2025
One, set in a natural history museum, involves fossils; there’s a locked room mystery (with a mystery writer for a victim), which delights Patience, an Agatha Christie fan, and there’s a corpse that seemingly walks off a table in the morgue.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
In the opening minutes, a TV interview in a morgue is interrupted when the bodies in the racks (and, gruesomely, the one inside the cremator) begin banging on the walls.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for morgue
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“Morgue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morgue. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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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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