deadhouse

Meaning

1. 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).
2. A room or building behind a bar (drinking establishment) where excessively drunk customers may be taken to sober up.

Synonyms

morgue

mortuary

Translations

lijkenhuisje

necrotério

sala de dissecação

Etymology

From dead + house.