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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024car•cass /ˈkɑrkəs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the dead body of an animal, esp. of a slaughtered animal.
- Slang. the body of a human being:Get your carcass off my desk!
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024car•cass (kär′kəs),USA pronunciation n. - the dead body of an animal.
- [Slang.]the body of a human being, whether living or dead.
- the body of a slaughtered animal after removal of the offal.
- anything from which life and power are gone:The mining town, now a mere carcass, is a reminder of a past era.
- an unfinished framework or skeleton, as of a house or ship.
- Furniturethe body of a furniture piece designed for storage, as a chest of drawers or wardrobe, without the drawers, doors, hardware, etc.
- the inner body of a pneumatic tire, resisting by its tensile strength the pressure of the air within the tire, and protected by the tread and other parts.
v.t. - to erect the framework for (a building, ship, etc.).
Also, carcase. - Anglo-French, corresponding to Medieval Latin carcosium; ultimately origin, originally obscure
- Italian carcassa; replacing Middle English carkeis, carkois
- Middle French carcasse
- 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See body.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: carcass, carcase /ˈkɑːkəs/ n - the dead body of an animal, esp one that has been slaughtered for food, with the head, limbs, and entrails removed
- informal usually facetious or derogatory a person's body
- the skeleton or framework of a structure
- the remains of anything when its life or vitality is gone; shell
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French carcasse, of obscure origin |