morgue
[noun]
Synonyms: mortuary

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morgue /mɔːɡ $ mɔːrɡ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: Morgue, name of a morgue in Paris]

1. a building or room, usually in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept until they are buried or cremated Synonym : mortuary

2. be (like) a morgue to be a place that is very quiet or dull – used humorously

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