English > dead body: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person. |
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| Synonym | body |
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| Narrower | cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains | The dead body of a human being |
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| carcase, carcass | The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food |
| carrion | The dead and rotting body of an animal |
| kill | The body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal |
| mummy | A body embalmed and dried / dried and wrapped / wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt) |
| roadkill | The dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle |
| Broader | natural object | An object occurring naturally |
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| Spanish | cadáver, cuerpo, muerto, restos |
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| Catalan | cadàver, cos, restes |
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