Definition of Carcass
Carcass
car·cass


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
The dead body of an animal, especially a large one.

e.g. The hunter dragged the carcass of the deer back to his truck.

(noun)
the frame or basic structure of a piece of furniture, a building, or a vehicle, or the remains of something, usually worthless, decaying, and/or discarded;

e.g. The wardrobe's carcass has grown weak and rotten. There was a carcass of a car in the workshop, with all of the internal workings removed.

(noun)
a person's physical body, often used humorously;

e.g. I finally got my carcass out the door by nine o'clock.



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