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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Today, the mountaintop hotel overlooking Eureka Springs offers ghost tours through its Victorian halls and former morgue, and the price of a room ranges from about $150 to $600.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Death was rarely mentioned in the morgue.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In that same year’s winter surge (the deadliest wave yet), hospitals in California, Arizona and Oregon also converted trucks into temporary morgues.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Lionsgate released a clip of the morgue scene where Maya encounters her deceased fiancé (Froy Gutierrez’s Ryan).
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Death was rarely mentioned in the morgue.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In that same year’s winter surge (the deadliest wave yet), hospitals in California, Arizona and Oregon also converted trucks into temporary morgues.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Lionsgate released a clip of the morgue scene where Maya encounters her deceased fiancé (Froy Gutierrez’s Ryan).
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 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 29 Oct. 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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