Usually means: Morgue for storing deceased bodies.
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  1. deadhouse: Merriam-Webster
  2. deadhouse: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Deadhouse, deadhouse: Wordnik
  4. deadhouse: Wiktionary
  5. Deadhouse: Dictionary.com
  6. Deadhouse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. deadhouse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Deadhouse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. deadhouse: FreeDictionary.org
  10. deadhouse: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. Deadhouse: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (deadhouse)

noun:  A place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead human bodies (as for example to store them during the winter until the hand-digging of a grave becomes practical after the spring thaw).
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, historical) A room or building behind a bar (drinking establishment) where excessively drunk customers may be taken to sober up.

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