kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ) kəˈdævɚ kleɪ ˈkɔːps ˈkɔɹps ɹɪˈmeɪnz stɪf the dead body of a human being the cadaver was intended for dissection the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay