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DEAD ROOM

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• DEAD ROOM (noun)
The noun DEAD ROOM has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: DEAD ROOM used as a noun is very rare.

• DEAD ROOM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dead room; morgue; mortuary

Hypernyms ("dead room" 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 "dead room"):

crematorium; crematory (a mortuary where corpses are cremated)

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

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(English proverb)
"The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Better late than never."
(Czech proverb)

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Meaning of funeral chapel
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