Corp is an abbreviation for “corporation” and “corporal.” corp, corps, and corpse all trace back to the latin word corpus, meaning “body.” the origin of core is obscure A dead body, esp of a human being Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage
/ kɔrps / add to word list a dead body, esp
Of a human (definition of corpse from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press)
A dead body, usually of a human being. See examples of corpse used in a sentence. A human or animal body, whether alive or dead. Definition of corpse noun from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary
A dead body, especially of a human The corpse was barely recognizable The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
In idiomatic usage, the dead body of a nonhuman animal is called a carcass whereas the dead body of a human is called a corpse.
A dead body, usually of a human being Something no longer useful or viable Rusting corpses of old cars [obs.]a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
A corpse is the dead body of a human or animal It is usually referred to after biological death has occurred, and it can be a subject of anatomy studies, dissections, autopsies, or funeral rites. A corpse is a dead body
