corpusnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɔː.pəs/us/ˈkɔːr.pəs/plural corpora uk/-pərə/uscorpusescorpus noun [ C ] (LANGUAGE DATABASE)
a collection of written or spoken material stored on a computer and used to find out how language is used:
All the dictionary examples are taken from a corpus of billions of words.
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- profusion
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
- tidal wave
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corpus noun [ C ] (COLLECTION OF WRITING)
a collection of a single writer's work, or of writing about a particular subject
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- profusion
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
- tidal wave
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specialized medical a body or the main part of an organ