English adjective: mortuary | |||
1. | mortuary of or relating to or characteristic of death | ||
2. | mortuary of or relating to a funeral | ||
English noun: mortuary | |||
1. | mortuary (artifact) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation | ||
Synonyms | dead room, morgue | ||
Broader (hypernym) | building, edifice | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | crematorium, crematory, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral-residence | ||