Synonyms for carcass

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kahr-kuh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr kəs

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Définition of carcass

Origin : late 13c., from Anglo-French carcois, from or influenced by Old French charcois (Modern French carcasse) "trunk of a body, chest, carcass," and Anglo-Latin carcosium "dead body," all of uncertain origin. Not used of humans after c.1750, except contemptuously. Italian carcassa probably is a French loan word.

noun dead body

Example sentences :

Now and then, a drowned sheep, and once the carcass of a cow, floated past.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Right by the carcass was another that jumped about in the moonlight in a foolish way.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson

Where the carcass is the vultures are on deck, or words similar.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

When the hare is caught the carcass should be given to the young hounds to tear in pieces.
Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon

Cut a soft-wood board core, making it some smaller than outline of carcass.
Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray

The tracks and the scent of their arch-enemy, man, were all about the carcass.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

Thus stored up, the carcass is ready to receive the Necrophorus eggs.
Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay

At last he found it, and the carcass of a deer from which the hind quarters had been cut.
Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane

Let the dogs loose, Martin, that they may worry the carcass; it will do them good.
Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat

He waded into the lake, and with some difficulty dragged the carcass ashore.
Extract from : « Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian » by Anonymous

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