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carcass Definition

car·cass (kärkəs)

noun

  1. the dead body of an animal, often specif. of a slaughtered animal dressed as meat
  2. the human body, living or dead: scornful or humorous usage
  3. the worthless remains of something, esp. its outer shell
  4. the framework or base structure, as of a ship, tire, etc.

Etymology: ME carcais < OFr carcois < ? : sp. < Fr carcasse

carcass Synonyms

carcass

n.

body, corpse, cadaver, remains; see body 1, 2. See syn. study at body.

carcass Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • cattle: He was worried about possible failures in the system for removing spinal cord tissue from the carcasses of cattle intended for human consumption.

Converse of object

  • incinerate: The government is proposing to incinerate cattle carcasses at 22 sites, some of which are in populated areas.
  • decompose: The decomposing carcass drifted to Greenodd Sands where it was photographed by Andy Harmer on 13 October 2001.
  • rot: They should be used to help clear the backlog of rotting carcasses.
  • bury: He suspected this was as a result of farmers burying carcasses.
  • slaughter: Poultry meat toughness reaches its maximum level as recently slaughtered carcasses are washed, but the meat becomes more tender as carcasses are chilled.
  • chill: Thus nowadays most slaughterhouses chill carcasses on a one day cycle.

Adjective modifier

  • bovine: At the present time there is a requirement to split bovine carcasses of animals over 6 months of age in export slaughterhouses.
  • infected: Also big cats who had been fed infected chicken carcasses in a Thai zoo were killed by H5N1.

Modifies a noun

  • incinerator: Can I continue to use my animal carcass incinerator?
  • disposal: Carcass disposal In the unusual event of an equine fatality at a Horse Trials, it is the hunt that removes the carcass.
  • splitting: This was achieved by the use of a circular saw which was passed down the back of the carcass splitting the spinal column.
  • meat: The carcass meat from cattle slaughtered under the Commission Regulation has to be dyed a different color from SBM.
  • trait: The evaluation of these indexes showed that improvements in maternal traits are possible, along with more modest improvements in carcass quality traits.

Noun used with modifier

  • pork: Pork carcasses normally are suspended by a gambrel or hooked bar placed under the tendons of the hind feet.
  • beef: The growth patterns of certain muscles in the beef carcass also may show an abrupt change in growth rate at birth.
  • lamb: To avoid cold shortening, meat must not reach 10 o C within 10 hours post mortem in lamb carcasses.
  • deer: A high number of deer carcasses were found by the roadside on a busy stretch of road in a short space of time.
  • chicken: Do not keep a cooked chicken carcass warm for a long period of time.
  • dolphin: The French newspapers showed the dolphin carcasses piled up high on the beach.
carcass Quotes

Sleep is cousin-german unto death: Sleep and death differ, no more, than a carcass And a skeleton.

—Traherne,Thomas

Hiswhole carcassseemedtobemade of iron.There was no give in himöno bounce, no softness. He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths made of granite.

—Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)