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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Footage shows hikers thrashing through swarms of thumbnail-sized bugs, with one person engulfed by the black-winged creatures and another scooping thousands of tiny carcasses from the trail.
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
In a recent public hearing, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff confirmed that 15 livestock losses formed the basis of a large compensation claim, but didn’t clarify how many occurred before the producer implemented basic deterrents, like burying an open carcass pit.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
In every direction, the trees were scattered like carcasses in a slasher film, covering nearly every square inch of the holler below.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
Under the marquee were railings for sliding carcasses in off trucks, and garlands of sharp, shiny meat hooks hung at the ready.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
In a recent public hearing, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff confirmed that 15 livestock losses formed the basis of a large compensation claim, but didn’t clarify how many occurred before the producer implemented basic deterrents, like burying an open carcass pit.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
In every direction, the trees were scattered like carcasses in a slasher film, covering nearly every square inch of the holler below.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
Under the marquee were railings for sliding carcasses in off trucks, and garlands of sharp, shiny meat hooks hung at the ready.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carcass. Accessed 18 Jul. 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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