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)
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