Cadaver (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The medical students gathered around the cadaver, taking careful notes as the instructor began the dissection.
- After a long and difficult journey, the funeral procession finally arrived at the cemetery, where the cadaver would be laid to rest.
- The police had been searching for weeks, and finally, they found the cadaver of the missing person in a remote area of the forest.
- In the anatomy lab, the students worked in pairs to carefully dissect the cadaver, learning about the intricacies of the human body.
- The artist's sculptures often featured a cadaver as the main subject, exploring themes of mortality and the transience of life.