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Meaning of CADAVER

Pronunciation:  ku'davur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the dead body of a human being
 
 Synonyms: clay, corpse, remains, stiff
 
 See Also: body, cremains, dead body

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ca*da"ver\, n. [L., fr cadere to fall.]
A dead human body; a corpse.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: ashes, body, bones, carcass, carrion, clay, corpse, corpus delicti, crowbait, dead body, dead man, dead person, decedent, dry bones, dust, earth, embalmed corpse, food for worms, late lamented, mortal remains, mummification, mummy, organic remains, relics, reliquiae, remains, skeleton, stiff, tenement of clay, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed, the loved one
 

 

 

 

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