Collins English-English Dictionary

corpus ['kɔːpəs]

1. 1. n a collection or body of writings, esp by a single author or on a specific topic

   the corpus of Dickens' works

2. 2. n the main body, section, or substance of something

3. 3. n [anatomy] any distinct mass or body

4. 4. n the main part of an organ or structure

5. 5. n the inner layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the vascular tissue and pith

6. 6. n Compare tunica

7. 7. n [linguistics] a body of data, esp the finite collection of grammatical sentences of a language that a linguistic theory seeks to describe by means of an algorithm

8. 8. n a capital or principal sum, as contrasted with a derived income

9. 9. n [obsolete] a human or animal body, esp a dead one

10. 10. n [Etymology] C14: from Latin: body