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Meaning of 'corpse' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Corpse [ n.]
- A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.
- The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.

Meaning of 'corpse' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . corpse [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the dead body of a human being
Example in sentence:
  • honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay;
  • the 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

Nearby Words:

cor cor- cor/niculate cora coracle coracoid corage coral coral fish coral-rag

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