A mortuary is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined.
2. countable noun
A mortuary is the same as a funeral home.
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mortuary in British English
(ˈmɔːtʃʊərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-aries
1. Also called: morgue
a building where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burial
adjective
2.
of or relating to death or burial
Word origin
C14 (as n, a funeral gift to a parish priest): via Medieval Latin mortuārium (n) from Latin mortuārius of the dead
mortuary in American English
(ˈmɔrtʃuˌɛri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈmortuˌaries
1.
a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, as a morgue or funeral home
adjective
2.
of or having to do with the burial of the dead
3.
of or connected with death
Word origin
< LL mortuarius, of the dead < L mortuus, pp. of mori, to die: see mortal
Synonyms of 'mortuary'
morgue, funeral home, funeral parlour
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In other languages
mortuary
British English: mortuary NOUN
A mortuary is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined.
American English: mortuary
Brazilian Portuguese: necrotério
Chinese: 停尸房
European Spanish: depósito de cadáveres
French: morgue
German: Leichenhalle
Italian: obitorio
Japanese: 死体仮置場
Korean: 영안실
European Portuguese: necrotério
Latin American Spanish: morgue
Chinese translation of 'mortuary'
mortuary
(ˈmɔːtjuərɪ)
n(c)
太平间(間) (tàipíngjiān) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a building or room where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burial