English Explanatory Dictionary

Leichenhaus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A heated space with an attendant, where dead bodies were kept until they showed signs of decomposition, ensuring that a live person would not be buried; a waiting mortuary.

Word forms

Leichenhaus Leichenhauses

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leichenhaus, from Leiche (“corpse”) + -n- + Haus (“house”).

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