noun🔗ShareThe body of a dead animal."The vultures circled overhead, waiting to feed on the deer carcass lying in the field. "animalbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(meat trade) The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc."The butcher hung the beef carcass in the cold room, ready to be cut into steaks. "foodanimalbodybiologyagriculturecommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe body of a dead human, a corpse."The police found the carcass near the abandoned building. "bodyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe framework of a structure, especially one not normally seen."The carpenters carefully built the wooden carcass of the new shed before adding the siding and roof. "structurearchitecturepartbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame."During the naval battle, the ship fired a carcass, a fiery projectile designed to set enemy ships ablaze. "militarynauticalweaponwarhistorytechnicalsailingsailingvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading