carcass
The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having fleshThe body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.
» The jackals found the giraffe carcass.
Meaning
6 sensesThe body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.
Kadaver
ту́шаtúša, ту́шкаtúška, па́дальinedible
па́дальpádalʹ, па́длоpádlo, мертвечи́наmertvečýna
the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.
The body of a dead human, a corpse.
(slang)The body of a live person or animal.
The framework of a structure, such as a cabinet, especially one not normally seen.
карка́сkarkás, о́стовóstov
An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.
Examples
41 sentencesThe jackals found the giraffe carcass.
Oleg didn't find the deer carcass.
The butcher cut up the calf's carcass.
The butcher was deboning a steer carcass.
deDer Metzger war beim Entbeinen eines Mastochsen.
This giraffe carcass has found many mouths.
Translations
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Origin
Dated from the late 13th Century C.E.; from Anglo-Norman carcois, possibly related to OldDated from the late 13th Century C.E.; from Anglo-Norman carcois, possibly related to Old French charcois. Cognate with French carcasse. But cf. also Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬯𐬀 (kahrkās, “vulture”), and Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (klkʾs /kargās/, “vulture”), whence Persian کرکس (karkas, “vulture”).
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