1. (n.) The dead body of a human being\.

ashes barebones bean pole beanstalk body bones broomstick cadaver carcass carrion clay clothes pole corpus delicti crowbait dead body dead man dead person decedent dry bones dust earth embalmed corpse food for worms lanky late lamented mortal remains mummification mummy organic remains rattlebones relics reliquiae remains shadow skeleton slim spindlelegs spindleshanks stack of bones stiff stilt tenement of clay the dead the deceased the defunct the departed the loved one twiggy walking skeleton