'Corpse' definitions:
Definition of 'corpse'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Corpse'
From: GCIDE
- Corpse \Corpse\ (k[^o]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
- 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. [1913 Webster]
- He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- Corpse candle. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate. [1913 Webster] Corpulence
Synonyms of 'corpse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ashes,
- barebones,
- bean pole,
- beanstalk,
- body,
- bones,
- broomstick,
- cadaver,
- carcass,
- carrion,
- clay,
- clothes pole,
- corpus delicti,
- crowbait,
- dead body,
- dead man,
- dead person,
- decedent,
- dry bones,
- dust,
- earth,
- embalmed corpse,
- food for worms,
- lanky,
- late lamented,
- mortal remains,
- mummification,
- mummy,
- organic remains,
- rattlebones,
- relics,
- reliquiae,
- remains,
- shadow,
- skeleton,
- slim,
- spindlelegs,
- spindleshanks,
- stack of bones,
- stiff,
- stilt,
- tenement of clay,
- the dead,
- the deceased,
- the defunct,
- the departed,
- the loved one,
- twiggy,
- walking skeleton