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–noun

1.	the dead body of an animal.

2.	Slang. the body of a human being, whether living or dead.

3.	the body of a slaughtered animal after removal of the offal.

4.	anything from which life and power are gone: The mining town, now a mere carcass, is a reminder of a past era.

5.	an unfinished framework or skeleton, as of a house or ship.

6.	the body of a furniture piece designed for storage, as a chest of drawers or wardrobe, without the drawers, doors, hardware, etc.

7.	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.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to erect the framework for (a building, ship, etc.).

Also, carcase.

[Origin: 1250–1300; < MF carcasse < It carcassa; r. ME carkeis, carkois < AF, corresponding to ML carcosium; ult. orig. obscure

]

—Related forms

car·cass·less, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See body.

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car·cass Audio Help (kär'kəs) Pronunciation Key
n.

The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food.
The body of a human.
Remains from which the substance or character is gone: the carcass of a once glorious empire.
A framework or basic structure: the carcass of a burned-out building.

[Middle English carcas, from Anglo-Norman carcais and Medieval Latin carcasium.]

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carcass

1299, from Anglo-Norm. carcois, perhaps infl. by O.Fr. charcois and Anglo-L. carcosium "dead body," all of uncertain origin. Not used of humans after c.1750, except contemptuously.

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carcass
noun
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food [syn: carcase]

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carcass [ˈkaːkəs] noun

a dead body, usually animal, not human
Example: The carcasses of various animals hung in the butcher's shop.

Arabic:	جيفَـه
Chinese (Simplified):	动物的尸体
Chinese (Traditional):	動物的尸体
Czech:	poražené zvíře
Danish:	ådsel; kadaver
Estonian:	korjus
French:	carcasse
Greek:	κουφάρι
Hungarian:	tetem
Indonesian:	bangkai, daging
Korean:	(짐승의) 시체

Latvian:	kautķermenis
Lithuanian:	skerdena
Norwegian:	kadaver, åtsel, skrott
Polish:	tusza
Romanian:	carcasă
Russian:	туша
Slovak:	zabité zviera (na bitúnku), telo zabitého zvieraťa, zdochlina
Slovenian:	kadaver
Swedish:	kadaver, djurkropp
Turkish:	gövde; leş