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Noun
/ˈkärkəs/,
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carcasses, plural; carcases, plural;
  1. The dead body of an animal

  2. The trunk of an animal such as a cow, sheep, or pig, for cutting up as meat

  3. The remains of a cooked bird after all the edible parts have been removed

  4. A person's body, living or dead
    • - my obsession will last while there's life in this old carcass
  5. The structural framework of a building, ship, or piece of furniture

  6. The remains of something being discarded, dismembered, or worthless
    • - the floor is littered with the carcasses of newspapers
  1. (carcase) the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
  2. (Carcase) With regard to living things, a body is the physical body of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death. The study of the workings of the body is physiology.
  3. (Carcase) The frame part of a panel construction.
  4. (Carcase) The body of a piece of furniture, i.e. of a wardrobe.
  5. (Carcase) A furniture term generally used to describe the frame of which a chest of drawers, or bureau was built.
  6. (Carcase) (1) A body or shell without adornment or life. (2) The structural framework of a building without walls, trim carpentry, masonry, etc.
  7. (Carcase) An attribute of Socialist Caucus
  8. (Carcase) Contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law (Hag 2:13; compare Num 19:16, Num 19:22; Lev 11:39).
  9. (Carcase) The basic box shape of a cabinet