cadaver C2 Topic:People & Society US /kəˈdævɚ/ UK /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #18522 Meanings 1 noun the dead body of a human being The cadaver was intended for dissection. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the dead body of a human being stiff More corpsecarcassmummy Word family Forms cadaveracadavers Related forms cadaverous Etymology From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver. *ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European cadaver Latin cadāver Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cadaver **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəˈdævɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 18522 ## Meanings 1. the dead body of a human being ## Examples - The cadaver was intended for dissection. ## Synonyms - stiff - corpse - carcass - mummy ## Related Forms - cadaverous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ḱh₂d- - Root: cadaver - Root: cadāver ## Etymology From Middle English cadaver, from Latin cadāver. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown