1.
[syn: morgue, mortuary, dead room]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Morgue \Morgue\, n. [F.]
1. A place where the bodies of dead persons are kept, until
they are identified, or claimed by their friends; a
deadhouse.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Newspapers) A room containing reference files of older
material in a newspaper office; also, the material
contained in such a room.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
morgue
n 1: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before
burial or cremation [syn: morgue, mortuary, dead
room]