Deadhouse
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Deadhouse is a noun meaning A place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead human bodies (as for example to store them during the winter until the hand-digging of a grave becomes practical after the spring thaw).
Meaning
A place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead human bodies (as for example to store them during the winter until the hand-digging of a grave becomes practical after the spring thaw).
More Meanings
- (Australia, New Zealand, historical) A room or building behind a bar (drinking establishment) where excessively drunk customers may be taken to sober up.
Word Forms
- deadhouses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mortuary, morgue, morthouse, charnel, charnelhouse, deathhouse.
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