mortuary
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈmɔr.tʃuˌɛr.i/
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morgue
- This here in the center, that's the mortuary, right?
- mortuary for families
- disposal in the mortuary
And the first thing we got was a tour of the Mortuary where all of fallen soldiers came through Dover.
- And the first thing we got was a tour of the Mortuary where all of fallen soldiers came through Dover.
- But the, the Mortuary guys would come in and prep, prep the body and they'd have to bring in a box.
- And as a volunteer Porter, he would have also had one of his responsibilities would be to transport the dead bodies down to the Mortuary.
- When he went to the Mortuary, they said, oh, the bodies lost.
- Then she woke up in the place where they the Mortuary.
- What kind of place are you looking for Funeral services, swamps, Cremation Services, mines, dumps, reservoirs, mortuaries, or metal foundries?
Examples
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After the coroner's investigation, the bodies were taken to the mortuary, where the undertaker took one look at them and... said their bodies couldn't be reconstructed for the burial without six days of steady work.
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So, you got your associate's degree in Mortuary Science at State?
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Johnson's mortuary is in the black this month.
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Last winter, I had to visit the mortuary almost daily to fill out cremation forms.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the commercial districts of the cities I examined, numerous mortuaries serve local needs.
Academic text (2002) -
First, the bodies were conveyed to the mortuary from the fingerprinting section.
Academic text (2007) -
The family visited the mortuary to make arrangements for the memorial service.
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After the accident, the victims were taken to the mortuary for identification.
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The mortuary was filled with flowers from friends and family paying their respects.
Synonyms
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6.5
A place where people keep dead bodies before burial and for identification and autopsy
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3.4
A place where people prepare a dead body for burial or cremation and say goodbye
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3.4
A place where dead people are kept and prepared before burial or cremation for family to visit and pay respects
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3.2
A room or building where friends and family see the dead person and say goodbye before the funeral
A cold room in hospitals and funeral homes that holds dead bodies before burial or cremation
A place where people go to see a dead person and pay their respects
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
mortuary = mort + ary
Built from the combining form 'mort-' meaning 'death', so the relation to a place for dead bodies is recoverable for learners who know related words (mortal, mortality), but the components are not standalone modern English morphemes.
Etymology
Mortuary comes from the Latin root mort-, which means 'death' and is the same root in words like mortal and mortality. So a mortuary is a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.