Real Dictionary

mortuary
countable noun: A mortuary is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined.
countable noun: A mortuary is the same as a funeral home.

mortuary in American English
a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, as a morgue or funeral home
of or having to do with the burial of the dead
adjective: of or pertaining to the burial of the dead
noun

mortuary in British English
adjective: of or relating to death or burial
noun: a building where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burial