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carcass
carcass (UK ALSO carcase) /ˈkɑː.kəs/ aep /ˈkɑːr-/ noun [C]
1 F0 the body of a dead animal, especially a large one that is soon to be cut up as meat or eaten by wild animals: » Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the rotting carcass of the deer.» SLANG Move your great carcass (= your body) out of that chair!Thesaurus+: ↑Death and dyingThesaurus+: ↑Bone structuresThesaurus+: ↑Frames and structures2 F0 the frame of an old or broken object, car, ship, etc.: » Carcasses of burned-out vehicles lined the roads near the scene of the worst fighting.Thesaurus+: ↑Frames and structures |