morgue UK /mɔːɡ/US /moɹɡ/ noun3 •a cold room in a hospital or a police building for the bodies of people who have died •(slang, old-fashioned) The archive and background information division of a newspaper.Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue — 1921 •(no longer used) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance. formsmorgues