Core and corps both rhyme with more [obs.]a human or animal body, whether alive or dead. Core can be a noun, verb, or adjective, but is most often used as a noun to refer to the central or most important part of something (“the core of the issue,” “the earth’s core”) or to the usually inedible central part of a fruit (“an apple core”).
/ kɔrps / add to word list a dead body, esp Rusting corpses of old cars Of a human (definition of corpse from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press)
A dead body, especially of a human The corpse was barely recognizable The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
A dead body, usually of a human being. See examples of corpse used in a sentence. A human or animal body, whether alive or dead. In idiomatic usage, the dead body of a nonhuman animal is called a carcass whereas the dead body of a human is called a corpse.
There are 13 meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun corpse, eight of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. A dead body, usually of a human being Something no longer useful or viable
