carcass

nounB2 · Upper-intermediate

Dead body of an animal or empty shell.

Meanings of «carcass»

1 · noun

an empty frame or shell, especially of a building

Only the carcass of the burnt house remained standing.

2 · noun

the dead body of an animal, especially for meat

The butcher hung the carcass in the cold store.

Similar: remains corpse

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«carcass» in 17 languages

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ID Indonesia

JA 日本語

KO 한국어

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The difference between similar words

the body of a dead person or animal

bodythe usual, neutral wordPolice found a body in the river.

corpsea dead human body; sounds more serious or scaryThe detective looked at the corpse.

remainsformalwhat is left of a body, often old; formalThe remains were found in a cave.

carcassthe dead body of an animalBirds were eating the carcass of a deer.

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