Meaning

1 senses
  1. (literary)A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

    He and his best friend saw a cadaver and ran screaming.

    Kadaver, Leiche

    трупtrup, кадаврkadavr

    the dead body of a human being

Examples

10 sentences
  1. The cadaver dogs scoured the woods.

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  2. Yanni turned into a walking cadaver.

  3. The cadaver dog picked up a scent.

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  4. They had a cadaver dog out there.

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  5. Ziri was found by a cadaver dog.

Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
a dead body:
Deutsch
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a dead body:

Origin

From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver.

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Forms

plural: cadavers / cadavera
Singularcadaver
Pluralcadavers / cadavera

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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