Synonyms:
cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
Meaning: the dead body of a human being; "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"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
Usage examples
"So he do, like a corpse.
He believed that he envied a corpse.
The corpse was followed by the parents.
For we found his sword-pierced corpse upon a cliff.
Even the corpse seemed a matter in which I had no concern.
In due course the corpse was taken to the cemetery of Toribeno.
In one the corpse looked as though it had been dead but a short time.
A few minutes later we encountered the shark's corpse again, floating.
Quickly the murderer dragged the corpse into the black shadows within the hangar.
I expected to see them return with his corpse, thinking he must bleed to death in a very short time.