morgue
Plural: morgues
Noun
- A place where dead bodies are kept for identification or autopsy.
- a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
- A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
- A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
- The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
Examples
- His hope for a bingo went to the morgue after he drew three ’U’s.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.
Synonyms
dead room, mortuary
Scrabble Score: 9
morgue: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmorgue: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
morgue: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
morgue: valid Words With Friends Word