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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, cold meat, corpse, framework, hulk, loved one, mort, remains, shell, skeleton, stiff |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physique |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, bag of bones, beefcake, bod, boody, build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, figure, form, frame, makeup, mortal part, protoplasm, shaft, shape, tenement, torso, trunk |
| Antonyms: | mind, soul, spirit |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
| Synonyms: | ashes, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cadaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, cage, carcass, corpse, deceased, mort, remains, skeleton, stiff* |
| Antonyms: | being |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dead body |
| Synonyms: | body, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, mort, remains, stiff* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, casing |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, architecture, body, build, cage, carcass, construction, enclosure, fabric, flounce, form, framework, fringe, groundwork, hem, mount, mounting, outline, physique, scaffold, scaffolding, scheme, setting, shell, stage, structure, support, system, trim, trimming, truss, valance |
| Main Entry: | dead body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mortal remains |
| Synonyms: | body, cadaver, carcass, clay, corpse, dead man, remains, stiff |
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| Concept: | Corpse. |
| Category: | 1. Vitality; vitality in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay, this mortal coil., shade, ghost, manes., organic remains, fossils.
-adjectives
cadaverous, corpse-like; unburied; sapromyiophyllous.
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