/kawrps/ , n.
1. a dead body, usually of a human being.
2. something no longer useful or viable: rusting corpses of old cars.
3. Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
[ 1225-75; ME corps; orig. sp. var. of cors CORSE but the p is now sounded ]
Syn. 1. remains, cadaver. See body .