1
: a dead body : corpse
especially
: the dressed body of a meat animal
Butchers trimmed the meat from the carcass.
2
: the living, material, or physical body
It was nearly noon when he finally hauled his carcass out of bed.
3
: the decaying or worthless remains of a structure
the carcass of an abandoned automobile
4
: the underlying structure or frame of something (as of a piece of furniture)
Examples of carcass in a Sentence
the rusting carcass of an old truck
the carcass of a squirrel that had been run over
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The daring skunk drags chunks of the carcass one by one into the log for safekeeping, the video shows.
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Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2025
In August 2024, a Sri Lanka vessel that fished in the Saya de Malha between March and June 2024 was detained by Sri Lankan authorities with over half a ton of oceanic white-tip shark carcasses aboard, all with their fins removed.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Most will refuel by feasting on the carcasses of animals that died over the winter.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The thawing unearthed the carcass of a reindeer that had died from anthrax decades earlier, releasing dormant Bacillus anthracis spores back into the environment.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2025
In August 2024, a Sri Lanka vessel that fished in the Saya de Malha between March and June 2024 was detained by Sri Lankan authorities with over half a ton of oceanic white-tip shark carcasses aboard, all with their fins removed.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Most will refuel by feasting on the carcasses of animals that died over the winter.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
The thawing unearthed the carcass of a reindeer that had died from anthrax decades earlier, releasing dormant Bacillus anthracis spores back into the environment.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carcass
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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carcass. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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carcass
noun
car·cass
ˈkär-kəs 
: a dead body
especially
: the body of a meat animal prepared for market
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