Main Entry: car·cass

Pronunciation: \ˈkär-kəs\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English carcays, from Anglo-French carcas, carkeis

Date: 14th century

1 : a dead body : corpse; especially : the dressed body of a meat animal
2 : the living, material, or physical body
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)