Definition of carcass Carcass
/kɑˈɹkʌs/ - [karkus] - car•cass
We found 17 definitions of carcass from 9 different sources.
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What does carcass mean?
WordNet
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| carcass - the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | ||
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Wiktionary 
- carcass (Noun)
Of a dead animal. - carcass (Noun)
Body of a dead human. - carcass (Noun)
Of a structure, especially one not normally seen. - carcass (Noun)
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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carcass (n.)
A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. - carcass (n.)
The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. - carcass (n.)
The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. - carcass (n.)
A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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carcass
The body of a dead animal, on which other animals have begun to feed. -
carcass
A dead body. -
carcass
The dead body of an animal.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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carcass
Carcase, kär′kas, n. a dead body or corpse, no longer used of the human body: the framework of anything: a ruin: a kind of bombshell. [Fr. carcasse, a skeleton (It. carcasso, a quiver), prob. from Late Gr. tarkasion, which is perh. the Pers. tarkash, a quiver.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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carcass
An iron shell for incendiary purposes, filled with a very fiercely flaming composition of saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony, and tallow. It has three vents for the flame, and sometimes is equipped with pistol barrels, so fitted in its interior as to discharge their bullets at various times.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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carcass
In gunnery, is a spherical shell having three additional holes, of the same dimensions as the fuze-hole, pierced at equal distances apart in the upper hemisphere of the shell, and filled with a composition which burns with intense power from 8 to 10 minutes, and the flame issuing from the holes sets fire to everything combustible within its reach; it is used in bombardments, setting fire to shipping, etc., and is projected from cannon like a cannon-shell.
Wikipedia 
- A carcass is another word for a dead body. The dead body may be of an animal or a person.
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