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单词 mortuary
释义
mortuary1 nounmortuary2 adjective
mortuarymor‧tu‧a‧ry1 /ˈmɔːtʃuəri $ ˈmɔːrtʃueri/ noun (plural mortuaries) [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmortuary1
Origin:
1300-1400 Medieval Latin mortuarium, from Latin mortuus ‘dead’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • An earlier announcement named the wrong mortuary.
  • I joined her in the mortuary.
  • If the person dies in hospital the family will need to collect the body from the mortuary.
  • Most of those are autopsied and then released to a mortuary in a relatively short period of time.
  • The body was taken to the city mortuary.
  • The next day she located his body at a mortuary.
  • The remains of a few victims were taken to a makeshift mortuary in a hangar at Schiphol.
  • They also send a hearse to carry the body to the funeral home or mortuary.
word sets
WORD SETS
asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun
1British English a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated SYN  morgue2American English the place where a body is kept before a funeral and where the funeral is sometimes held
mortuary1 nounmortuary2 adjective
mortuarymortuary2 adjective [only before noun] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a mortuary urn
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A funeral director's licence needed a degree and two year's mortuary service following a one-year apprenticeship.
  • His body rested in his tomb and his cult was celebrated in his mortuary temple.
  • Scathach had entered the mortuary house.
  • There are a number of cemeteries where the details of the mortuary ritual varies considerably.
word sets
WORD SETS
asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun
formal connected with death or funerals:  a mortuary urn
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