dead body

Questions about dead body

What does dead body mean?

dead body means "a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person".

What is another word for dead body?

Close synonyms include body. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dead body a common word?

dead body is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.