Morgue - a place where the bodies of dead people are kept until they are buried or cremated the city morgue a hospital morgue A morgue and a mortuary are synonymous in British English. In American English, a mortuary is a place where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation and where wakes and funerals are held. (funeral home, funeral parlor)

Thanks, Thomas.

A morgue is for the temporary storage of corpses, often in a hospital. Bodies are kept in morgues until they are identified, claimed, or until autopsies are performed. Mortuary is sometimes used the same way as morgue--a hospital may call it's morgue a mortuary--but it can also be used to describe a funeral home.

So, mortuaries and funeral homes are the same, aren't they?

Thanks a lot.