Morgue

noun

/mɔːɡ/

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounA supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.

2.nounA building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

3.nounThe archive and background information division of a newspaper.

"Kwapil, Joseph F. (2 July 1921) "Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue", Fourth Estate page 5."

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