Definition of Carcass
Carcass
car·cass
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a corpse, the dead remains of an animal or bird, especially of an animal that is to be cut up as meat, or such a body that has been cooked and stripped of all edible parts;
e.g. The gulls were pecking at a fish carcass on the beach.
(noun)
the frame or basic structure of a piece of furniture, a building, or a vehicle, or the remains of something, usually worthless, decaying, and/or discarded;
e.g. The wardrobe's carcass has grown weak and rotten. There was a carcass of a car in the workshop, with all of the internal workings removed.
(noun)
a person's physical body, often used humorously;
e.g. I finally got my carcass out the door by nine o'clock.
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