corpus UK /ˈkɔːpəs/US /ˈkɔɹpəs/ noun5 •A collection of written or spoken texts.No one suggests that Browning intended to mean vagina when he wrote “owls and bats, / Cowls and twats,” because the context does not allow for it, nor does the greater context of the Browning corpus. — 2011 •Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses. •A collection or body of objects with similar characteristics. •A structure of a special character or function in the animal body. •(no longer used) The body of a man or animal. formscorpi · corpora · corpuses · corpusses