Morgue
(noun)
A place where the bodies of people who have died, especially those who have died suddenly or violently, are kept until they can be identified or claimed or until a post-mortem examination can be carried out.
Origin:
From french morgue, arrogance, from latin morgue, morgue, from latin marga, bluntness.
Examples:
- The morgue was filled with unidentified bodies.
- The morgue was the final resting place for many murder victims.
- The police took the body to the morgue for an autopsy.
- The morgue was a place of sadness and tragedy.
- The forensic scientists worked in the morgue to uncover the cause of death.