Synonyms for cadaver
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-dav-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈdæv ər |
Définition of cadaver
Origin :- c.1500, from Latin cadaver "dead body (of men or animals)," probably from a perfective participle of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish" (see case (n.1)). Cf. Greek ptoma "dead body," literally "a fall" (see ptomaine); poetic English the fallen "those who died in battle."
- noun dead body
- They had taken a cadaver from the refrigerator and stood it in a certain position.
- Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- Cremate the cadaver together with the board upon which it is fixed.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Bacteriological Technique » by John William Henry Eyre
- "Stand to one side and hold the cadaver's chin, Brion," she said.
- Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
- She had caught a rat, killed it, and laid the cadaver in the door.
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- Reminded you, perhaps, of the faint odor of a cadaver far off?
- Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
- This had to be done before the cadaver was a cadaver, you see?
- Extract from : « The Eyes Have It » by James McKimmey
- I got up and looked at his cadaver a long time, then went to bed again.
- Extract from : « Twelve Men » by Theodore Dreiser
- For what seemed to Mary an interminable time, the cadaver clung to the polished steel.
- Extract from : « Pandemic » by Jesse Franklin Bone
- "Cussed ef the cadaver o' Bill Budge didn't speak," the first man cried.
- Extract from : « Fritz to the Front » by Edward L. Wheeler
- The most unnatural and quite the most despicable being the throwing into the Tiber by Cæsar Borgia the cadaver of his brother.
- Extract from : « Dumas' Paris » by Francis Miltoun
Antonyms for cadaver
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