MORTUARY

Pronunciation (US):

• MORTUARY (noun)
  The noun MORTUARY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MORTUARY used as a noun is very rare.

• MORTUARY (adjective)
  The adjective MORTUARY has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of death
2. of or relating to a funeral

  Familiarity information: MORTUARY used as an adjective is rare.

• MORTUARY (noun)

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 ("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 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)

• MORTUARY (adjective)

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)

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)