remains
[plural noun]
- remnants, debris, dregs, leavings, leftovers, relics, residue, rest
- body, cadaver, carcass, corpse

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English Thesaurus: body, figure, build, physique, corpse, ...

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re‧mains W3 /rɪˈmeɪnz/ noun [plural]
[Word Family: noun: the remainder, remainder, remains; verb: remain; adjective: remaining]

1. the parts of something that are left after the rest has been destroyed or has disappeared
remains of
On the table were the remains of the evening meal.
extensive Roman remains (=of ancient buildings) at Arles

2. the body of someone who has died:
Her remains are buried in Westminster.

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remains
noun
ADJ. abundant, considerable, extensive, substantial abundant remains of marine algae the extensive remains of a medieval abbey
impressive | fragmentary | visible | existing, surviving | ancient, prehistoric | Greek, Roman, etc. | battered, mangled, shattered the mangled remains of the bomber's van
burnt(-out), charred, smouldering | earthly, human, mortal This tomb holds the mortal remains of King Richard III.
animal, archaeological, fossil/fossilized, organic, plant, skeletal
VERB + REMAINS discover, find, locate, reveal, uncover, unearth While excavating the site for a new hotel, workers unearthed the remains of several dinosaurs.
identify The remains have been identified as those of a Mr Thomas, who lived in Richmond.
excavate, exhume, remove They are excavating the remains of an Iron Age settlement. Marie Curie's remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon.
bury, inter | dump | destroy Environmentalists say that the road will destroy the remains of the world's first commercial railway.
feed on The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.
REMAINS + VERB survive Considerable remains survive of the great city walls begun by Theodosius in AD 413.
lie Her remains lie at rest in St Andrew's churchyard.
date from … The burnt-out remains date from the 13th century.
PREP. among/in the ~ The body was found among the remains of a burnt-out cottage.

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body the shape, size, and appearance of someone’s body:
Many women are not happy with their bodies.
His clothes emphasized his strong body.
figure a woman’s figure is the shape of her body – used especially when it is attractive:
She has a really nice figure.
Freya had an enviably slim figure.
build the size and shape of someone’s body – used in the following phrases:
Police described the man as tall and of medium build.
He was of heavy build.
She has a very slight build.
physique the size and appearance of someone’s body – used especially about men who look attractive:
He was over 1.8 m tall with a muscular physique.
Ben has a very athletic physique.
corpse noun [countable] the dead body of a person. Corpse is is used when you are thinking about the body as an object rather than a person:
Pathologists examined the corpse.
carcass noun [countable] the dead body of an animal:
a whale carcass
The carcasses of the infected animals were burned.
remains noun [plural] parts of a dead person or animal, especially when they died a long time ago:
Police found human remains under the floorboards of the house.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

body noun [countable] the dead body of a person:
Her body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff.
Firefighters found the body of a woman in the house.
corpse noun [countable] the dead body of a person. Corpse is is used when you are thinking about the body as an object rather than a person:
Pathologists examined the corpse.
carcass noun [countable] the dead body of an animal:
a whale carcass
The carcasses of the infected animals were burned.
remains noun [plural] parts of a dead person or animal, especially when they died a long time ago:
Police found human remains under the floorboards of the house.

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