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English noun: corpse

1. corpse (body) the dead body of a human being


SamplesThe cadaver was intended for dissection.
The end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse.
The murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river.
Honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay.


Synonymscadaver, clay, remains, stiff


Broader (hypernym)body, dead body


Narrower (hyponym)cremains









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