how to pronounce morgue

/ˈmɔːɹɡ/

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morgue is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of morgue in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… corpse on the counters at the morgue of …”

meaning of morgue

A morgue is a place where dead bodies are stored.

morgue frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word morgue occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics morgue can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that morgue can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;