corpse

The definition of a corpse is a dead body.

(noun)

An example of a corpse is what you'd see at a funeral with an open casket.

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See corpse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a dead body, esp. of a person
  2. something once vigorous but now lifeless and of no use
  3. Obsolete a living body

Origin: var. of corps

See corpse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English corps

Origin: , from Latin corpus; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots

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