morgue
morgue Lexical Profile
morgue Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A facility or room in a hospital or public institution where dead bodies are kept, especially to await identification, autopsy, or burial.
"The medical examiner spent the afternoon in the hospital morgue reviewing the autopsy reports."
The reference department or archive of a newspaper or periodical office where back issues, clippings, photographs, and biographical files are stored.
"The investigative reporter searched the newspaper's morgue for old clippings about the mayor's early career."
• Rhymes for morgue
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 19th century from French 'morgue', originally the name of the inner wicket of the Châtelet prison in Paris where newly admitted prisoners were inspected for identification, and later used for a building where unidentified corpses were displayed.