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Definition of morgue : A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.

Synonyms:

archives, mortuary, file, library, museum, dead room

Usage examples:

• You noticed what I said about the Morgue, and that?" - "Cumner & South Sea Folk, v5", Gilbert Parker.
• We all dined together, and saw the hospice and the Morgue, which is a very awful sight: the snow has so perfectly embalmed the bodies, that they retain all their features, though quite black; the hair also remains. - "Story of My Life, volumes 1-3", Augustus J. C. Hare.
• For instance, not a day has passed since that poor child has been in the morgue that he has not been one on the line to see her. - "The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow", Anna Katharine Green.