1. any object that is left unused or still extant (Freq. 1) - I threw out the remains of my dinner • Usage Domain: plural, plural form • Hypernyms: object, physical object • Hyponyms: archeological remains, fossil 2. 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 • Syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay • Derivationally related forms: cadaverous (for: cadaver), cadaveric (for: cadaver) • Usage Domain: slang (for: stiff) • Hypernyms: body, dead body • Hyponyms: cremains