carcass
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- noun
- /ˈkɑrkəs/
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cadáver
- The chef skillfully prepared the carcass of the chicken to make a flavorful broth.
- animal carcass
- hang the carcass
- slaughtered carcass
In the days that followed, rabbit carcasses were found.
- In the days that followed, rabbit carcasses were found.
- And the scripture says you will be brought low, like a rotten carcass trampled under foot.
- The the birds got sick, died and they were were working with the carcasses.
- Or more succinctly, who gets what part of the Ottoman Empire's carcass?
- Killed off the damn herds of Buffalo, left the carcasses on the ground, took the skins and went away.
- I pray that when the mall gets your carcass, it'll be empty.
- And then what lives beyond the broken down carcass is what was in its stomach.
- All right, let's, let's get our carcasses into the horror house.
- You guys have a couple hours to go get all the carcasses and we're going to blow them.
Examples
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I bought chicken carcasses, so I'm going to make bone broth.
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The vultures are circling the carcass.
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And so, today we will have to make do with the carcass of a sheep.
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In the days that followed, rabbit carcasses were found.
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A visit to Grantham Slaughterhouse with a lesson in carcass examination was very educational.
Academic text (1994) -
During the past few years, he has studied hundreds of coho salmon carcasses in dozens of streams.
Academic text (1997) -
He was barefoot in his shin sleeves, cutting the meat off a deer carcass not 20 feet from where I was working.
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After the storm, we found the carcass of a deer in the woods, a reminder of nature's harsh realities.
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The wildlife biologist examined the carcass of a whale that had washed up on the beach.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Someone acts in a greedy way while waiting to gain from someone else's trouble
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Etymology
The word carcass comes from an old French word carcasse meaning 'dead body' or 'frame'. So a carcass is the dead body or the remains of an animal.