dead room

Other forms: dead rooms

Definitions of dead room

1. noun

   a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
   synonyms: morgue, mortuary

   types:

   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

   type of:

   building, edifice

   a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place