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corporal

adjective noun

Possessing or existing in bodily form

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Word length
8
Starts with
C
Ends with
L
Contains
OR
Scrabble score
12
CEFR level
B2

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adjective

  1. Possessing or existing in bodily form

    “{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind'}”

adjective

  1. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

    “Bodily needs”

noun

  1. A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

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{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind'}
An incarnate spirit
‘corporate’ is an archaic term
Bodily needs
A corporal defect
Corporeal suffering
A somatic symptom or somatic illness

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