{
    "term": "morgue",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a building in which dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated (= burned)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They found his body lying in the city morgue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This place is like a morgue!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages", "Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place where dead bodies that have been found are kept until they can be identified",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːɡ/",
                "audio": "mo/morgue/morgue__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɔːrɡ/",
                "audio": "mo/morgue/morgue__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from French, originally the name of a building in Paris where bodies were kept until identified."
}