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Synonyms for carcasses

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-kuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr kəs

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Définition of carcasses

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; framework, base structure
  • noun dead body
Example sentences :
  • Sitting on one of the carcasses, a lepero, muffled up, smoked a cigarette.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • My salesman was instructed to inspect the carcasses after they were slaughtered, and to report.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie
  • It was no small job to skin the carcasses and prepare the meat.
  • Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
  • He could see that it was not the same set that were always on the carcasses of the aïs.
  • Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
  • Guano is also manufactured in Norway from the carcasses of whales.
  • Extract from : « Manures and the principles of manuring » by Charles Morton Aikman
  • Hundreds of carcasses of animals of various kinds are also in the river.
  • Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker
  • They fatten off the 15 carcasses of others—yours and mine and their own brothers.
  • Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott
  • When near the carcasses he had growled morosely, and shown his teeth.
  • Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
  • The population was returning to their homes, burying the carcasses in the fields.
  • Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne
  • They could be killed, but the people could only dispose of so many tons of carcasses.
  • Extract from : « Attention Saint Patrick » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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