car·case

[kahr-kuhs]
noun, verb (used with object), car·cased, car·cas·ing.
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carcass or carcase (ˈkɑːkəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the dead body of an animal, esp one that has been slaughtered for food, with the head, limbs, and entrails removed
2.  informal, facetious, derogatory usually, or a person's body
3.  the skeleton or framework of a structure
4.  the remains of anything when its life or vitality is gone; shell
 
[C14: from Old French carcasse, of obscure origin]
 
carcase or carcase
 
n
 
[C14: from Old French carcasse, of obscure origin]

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Carcase is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Carcase definition


contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law (Hag. 2:13; comp. Num. 19:16, 22; Lev. 11:39).

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Example sentences
The blood is neatly wiped out of the carcase by napkins.
Whatever part of this price, therefore, is not paid by the wool and the hide must be paid by the carcase.
Both new breeds also had bigger carcase weights than native breeds.
Wrap not my carcase in any costly shroud: erect no monument to my memory.
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