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carcass

noun
/ˈkɑɹkəs/US/ˈkɑːkəs/UK

Etymology

Dated 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”).

  1. derived from carcois

Definitions

  1. The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.

    • Despite all of the groups' experiences with leopards and carcasses in trees, neither the vervets nor the baboons gave alarm calls at the sight of the carcass alone.
    • Instead, the majority of studies involve freezing the carcasses until time permits the analysis.

  2. The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.

    • In some countries, there is still a significant trade in chicken carcasses that have been plucked, but not eviscerated, by the producer. Subsequently, the carcass may be eviscerated by a butcher or in the kitchen of the consumer.

  3. The body of a dead human, a corpse.

    • And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: / And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, / Share equally the gold that bought their liues, / And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]
    • And the carkeiſes of this people ſhall be meate for the fowles of the heauen, and for the beaſts of the earth, and none ſhall fray them away.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The body of a live person or animal.

      • "If you saw the care she takes over hoisting her beastly old carcass up and down those stairs, you could make a sure bet against her having another accident there."

    2. The framework of a structure, such as a cabinet, especially one not normally seen.

    3. An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with…

      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.

The neighborhood

Derived

carcassless, carcasslike, carcass weight

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at carcass. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01carcass02viscera03cavities04cavity05hole06fabric07fabrication

A definitional loop anchored at carcass. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at carcass

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA