Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: corpse
IPA transcription: [k'ɔɹps]
noun meaning of the word
  • 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.