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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corpse (plural corpses)
A dead body.
(archaic, sometimes, derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.
• (dead body): See Thesaurus:corpse
• (body in any state): See Thesaurus:body
corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)
(intransitive, slang, of an actor) To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably.
• Cosper, Crespo, Pecors, copers, corpes, scoper
Source: Wiktionary
Corpse (krps), n. Etym: [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 contemptuosly. [Obs.]
Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1.
2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
