Examples of “morgue” in a Sentence

noun A building or room, especially at a hospital or under police authority, where dead bodies are kept until identification or burial.

• The body was taken to the morgue for a formal identification.
• Detectives visited the morgue to review the coroner's report.

noun A newspaper's archive of old clippings, photos, and background files kept for reference.

• The reporter dug through the paper's morgue for photos from the original story.