Definitions for corpse
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains(noun)

   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"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. corpse(Noun)

   a dead body

2. corpse(Verb)

   to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably

Origin: From corpus

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Corpse(noun)

   a human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously

2. Corpse(noun)

   the dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig

Origin: [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Corpse

   korps, or kors, n. the dead body of a human being.—ns. Corpse′-can′dle, a light seen hovering over a grave—an omen of death; Corpse′-gate, the lichgate (see Lichgate). [M. E. corps, earlier cors—O. Fr. cors, the body—L. corpus.]

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'corpse' in Nouns Frequency: #2709

Anagrams for corpse »

1. copers

How to pronounce corpse?

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   Alex

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of corpse in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of corpse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of corpse in a Sentence

1. James Cagney:

   Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.

2. Pauline Musariri:

   Its a stubborn fly that follows a corpse to the grave!

3. The Afghan woman:

   (They) burned her and then threw her corpse away in the Kabul River.

4. Ahmet Davutoglu:

   It is unacceptable to treat any corpse this way, even if it is a dead terrorist.

5. Andy Boucher:

   He's the most battered corpse on the site, he had the largest number of broken bones.

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