corpse

[ kawrps ]
/ kɔrps /

noun

a dead body, usually of a human being.
something no longer useful or viable: rusting corpses of old cars.
Obsolete. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.

Origin of corpse

1225–75; Middle English corps; orig. spelling variant of cors corse but the p is now sounded

SYNONYMS FOR corpse

1 remains, cadaver.

synonym study for corpse

1. See body.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH corpse

core corp. corps corpse corpus

Example sentences from the Web for corpse

British Dictionary definitions for corpse

corpse
/ (kɔːps) /

noun

a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver

verb

theatre slang to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage

Word Origin for corpse

C14: from Old French corps body, from Latin corpus body

Medical definitions for corpse

corpse
[ kôrps ]

n.

A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.
A cadaver.