Definition of "carcass" []

• The dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food. (noun)
• The body of a human. (noun)
• Remains from which the substance or character is gone: the carcass of a once glorious empire. (noun)
• A framework or basic structure: the carcass of a burned-out building. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Repeating the introductory note at the beginning, cooling the carcass is a first priority."
• "Trying to haze a grizzly off a carcass is a hardly unprecarious course of action."
• "Retrieved from the stomach of a sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus, the carcass is about 3 m long, long-bodied, and appears to have a camel-like head and a fluked tail."