dead room


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Noun1.dead room - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremationdead room - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
crematorium, crematory - a mortuary where corpses are cremated
funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral-residence - a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
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At the time of World War II, the living room was actually called the 'dead room', which was clearly an equally opposite counterpart of the modern name.
On Tuesday, "The Dead Room" will be playing at 5 p.m.; experimental short film program entries "Blackout," "TRI^DS," "Last One At The Party," "Climb of Competence," "Tom and His Computer," "N.1368597069" and "Sculptures" at 6:30 p.m.; "Slawde" and short program entries "Open World," "198," "All Our Sins Remembered" and "El Rabbito Lives On!" at 7:30 p.m.; "Bar Crossed Lovers" at 8:30 p.m.; and "Mary Jane - A Musical Potumentary," at 9 p.m.
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