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Meanings of mortuaries in English

Russian
морг
Portuguese
morgue
Spanish
morgue
Catalan
dipòsit de cadàvers
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Place for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification or burial.

морг
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Examples for "morgue"
Examples for "morgue"
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Meanwhile, families have gathered outside the local morgue to identify the victims.
Radio NZ
2
I have thought about this on the way home from the morgue.
Bangkok 8
3
That morning, she went to the city morgue to identify his body.
The Irish Times
4
I need you to come to the morgue to identify the body-
Damaged
5
He went home after the morgue and he's coming back at six.
Homicide: a year on the killing streets
1
For some reason, I could envision the mortuary home in radiant detail.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
2
Neither Lawson nor the mortuary was immediately available for comment on Saturday.
Reuters
3
As an undertaking family, the mortuary became an extension of our home.
The Irish Times
4
After lying in the mortuary for eleven days the body was buried.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
5
The corpses had been taken to the mortuary of the town hospital.
The Created Legend
1
Children are often in the crossfire, sent to hospitals or to morgues.
Ebony
2
Hospital staff said there were still bodies arriving at morgues in Kano.
The Irish Times
3
Army tanks and armored vehicles joined police patrolling near hospitals and morgues.
The Guardian
4
I kept being told, nobody wants to read about laboratories or morgues.
The Guardian
5
They say morgues are full beyond capacity and have ordered immediate cremations.
Radio NZ
Usage of mortuaries in English
1
Daddy never called them 'mortuaries.' He said that was way too impersonal.
Norway to hide: a passport to peril mystery
2
Hospitals have altered their mortuaries to ensure they facilitate modern design needs.
The Irish Times
3
Especially when the customary period had already been pre-agreed with the mortuaries.
The South African
4
But where mortuaries have customarily been less, they shall remain the same.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
5
Thank God refrigeration was available at the collection points and at the mortuaries.
Spider bones: a novel
6
Within a day the remains were at one of the two in-country mortuaries.
Spider bones: a novel
7
He is not in any of the local hospitals or mortuaries.
Kennedy's brain
8
As a rule, Mike hated mortuaries, hated being anywhere near them.
Diagnosis: danger
9
In April alone, mortuaries in the Western Cape reported 308 corpses that were processed.
The South African
10
The caskets would have to be sold to other mortuaries.
Two for the dough
11
Mobile mortuaries, some of them at Buddhist temples, have sprung up around Phuket island.
The Irish Times
12
Postmortems at state mortuaries in Gauteng are facing major delays over a strike by workers.
The South African
13
She did not want us to know about the existence of hospitals, let alone mortuaries.
When I stop talking, you'll know i'm dead: useful stories from a...
14
He passed tattoo parlors, mortuaries, shuttered theaters, filthy cafés.
The Golem and the Jinni
15
The yellow pages revealed there were two mortuaries in town, but no monument works or stonecutter.
Man on a leash
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With resources readjusted and mortuaries not overwhelmed, Brandner said it was important such research was carried out.
The Guardian
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Spanish
morgue
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