Cadaver – Medical word for a dead human body; a corpse

(Pronounced kuh-dah-ver)

To remember the definition of the word cadaver, use the following mnemonic:

The caddie had over (cadaver) four sets of clubs to carry and by the end of the match she was dead. Her dead body was slumped on the 18th green.

Examples of cadaver in a sentence

The cadaver had already started to smell when they found it.

The sailors pulled the cadaver out of the sea, it had clearly been in there a while.

She didn't want to view the cadaver of her husband, it was too upsetting.