Definition of carcass
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)
