remains

noun
re·mains
/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/

The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

Example

“They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.”

Other meanings

Historical or archaeological relics.
The extant writings of a deceased person.
“To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.”

Related words

macroremains
microremains
cremains
mortal remains

Example sentences

“No exit is possible, since the problem remains!”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
“The more we wait, the less time remains.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “remains” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.