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MORTUARY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

Synonyms:

dead room; morgue; mortuary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mortuary" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mortuary"):

crematorium; crematory (a mortuary where corpses are cremated)

funeral-residence; funeral chapel; funeral church; funeral home; funeral parlor; funeral parlour (a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects)

Derivation:

mortuary (of or relating to a funeral)

mortuary (of or relating to or characteristic of death)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a funeral

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

funeral (a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated)

Derivation:

mortuary (a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of death

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

death (the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism)

Derivation:

mortuary (a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation)

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