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A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.
John Harvey Kellogg

Meaning of "carcass" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CARCASS

From Old French carcasse, of obscure origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CARCASS

carcass  [ˈkɑːkəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARCASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carcass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARCASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Carcass

Carcass may refer to: ▪ Non-scientific term for the body of a dead human or other animal. See also carrion. ▪ Carcass, a death metal/grindcore band ▪ Carcass, a type of incendiary ammunition designed to be fired from a cannon ▪ HMS Carcass, three ships of the Royal Navy ▪ Carcass Island, one of the Falkland Islands ▪ Carcass, the body or trunk of furniture such as cabinets, or the part of a piece of furniture that holds inlays ▪ Carcass, a fictional character ▪ In the analysis of the manufacture and/or composition of a tire, the network of cords which give the tire its shape is known as a tire carcass. ▪ Carcass, In the US Navy, a retrograde Depot Level Repairable item that is Not Ready-For-Issue ▪ Carcass is a historical term used in timber framing for the standing framework before it is covered with sheathing, the bare framing.

Definition of carcass in the English dictionary

The first definition of carcass in the dictionary is the dead body of an animal, esp one that has been slaughtered for food, with the head, limbs, and entrails removed. Other definition of carcass is (informal, usually facetious (or derogatory) a person's body. Carcass is also the skeleton or framework of a structure.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARCASS


anasarcous
ˌænəˈsɑːkəs
Aristarchus
ˌærɪˈstɑːkəs
carcase
ˈkɑːkəs
caucus
ˈkɔːkəs
circus
ˈsɜːkəs
Dorcas
ˈdɔːkəs
ectosarcous
ˌɛktəʊˈsɑːkəs
ficus
ˈfiːkəs
fucus
ˈfjuːkəs
glaucous
ˈɡlɔːkəs
Hipparchus
hɪˈpɑːkəs
Leucas
ˈluːkəs
Lucas
ˈluːkəs
mucous
ˈmjuːkəs
mucus
ˈmjuːkəs
Ophiuchus
ɒˈfjuːkəs
Orcus
ˈɔːkəs
perisarcous
ˌpɛrɪˈsɑːkəs
raucous
ˈrɔːkəs
sarcous
ˈsɑːkəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARCASS

carcajou
carcake
carcanet
carcase
Carcassonne
carcel
carceral
Carchemish
carcinogen
carcinogenesis
carcinogenic
carcinogenicity
carcinoid
carcinological
carcinologist
carcinology
carcinoma
carcinomata
carcinomatoid
carcinomatosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARCASS

ass
badass
bass
brass
bypass
class
come to pass
compass
corcass
fiberglass
first class
first-class
glass
grass
hourglass
in the mass
lass
mass
pass
world-class

Synonyms and antonyms of carcass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CARCASS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «carcass» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of carcass
arse · ass · body · butt · cadaver · corpse · corse · debris · framework · hulk · remains · shell · skeleton

Translation of «carcass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARCASS

Find out the translation of carcass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carcass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carcass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

动物尸体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cadáver
570 millions of speakers

English

carcass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذبيحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

туша
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carcaça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পশুর মৃতদেহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carcasse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bangkai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kadaver
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死骸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carcass
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thịt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உடலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जनावराचे मृत शरीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carcassa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tusza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

туша
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carcasă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφάγιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

karkas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kadaver
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kadaver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carcass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARCASS»

The term «carcass» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.299 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARCASS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carcass» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carcass» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carcass

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5 QUOTES WITH «CARCASS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word carcass.
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Amos Bronson Alcott
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
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William Hazlitt
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
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John Harvey Kellogg
A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.
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Karl Marx
We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather that one man during an hour is worth just as much as another man during an hour. Time is everything, man is nothing: he is at the most time's carcass.
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Matt Taibbi
Wall Street has turned the economy into a giant asset-stripping scheme, one whose purpose is to suck the last bits of meat from the carcass of the middle class.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARCASS»

Discover the use of carcass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carcass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Carcass Trade: A Smokey Brandon Mystery
Horrified when a corpse found at the bottom of a canyon turns out to be that of a murdered family member, civilian forensic specialist Smokey Brandon poses as a stripper in a biker bar in order to obtain evidence. Reprint.
Noreen Ayres, 1995
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Gestational Nutrient Restriction Effects on Steer Carcass ...
Multiparous cows were used to evaluate how maternal nutrient restriction during early gestation impacted growth performance and carcass traits of progeny at typical finishing endpoints.
Keith R. Underwood, 2007
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Understanding and Improving Beef Cattle Carcass Quality
Daniel Drake. Table 7b. Expected thryroglobulin gene condition in progeny from various matings. their cattle to achieve the desired genotype. GeneSTAR has proposed breeding outcomes (Table 7b) for various crosses of 2 star, 1 star, and no ...
Daniel Drake
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Carcass Valley
I walked the carcass valley where Heat's fury is never pacified. The unresolved Past, then thought was the pride, had selfishness Agree with the valley's clime, making the carcass Valley the father of all rages...where happiness Costs more ...
Kuir Garang, 2009
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Meat Science
As well as inherent characteristics of the animal, and how it is handled before and at slaughter, the way the carcass is processed subsequently can influence quality. A particularly important factor is the rate at which the carcass is cooled.
P. D. Warriss, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print)
When officially graded, the grade of steer, heifer, cow, or bullock carcass consists of the yield grade and (or) quality grade. USDA Yield Grade is an estimator of carcass composition, and USDA Quality Grade is an indicator of carcass quality.
Wilson G. Pond, 2004
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The Carcass
"The Carcass" exposes the threat that vampires pose in every culture in the world, and reveals how one man, who dedicated his life to the taste of hunting them down, exterminated vampires years ago.
Jonathan Reigns, 2001
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Human Body Composition
It is not always feasible to perform the carcass analysis immediately after death. Instead, the majority of studies involve freezing the carcasses until time permits the analysis. Freezing and thawing can result in losses of some components, ...
Steven Heymsfield, 2005
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Survival Rate Estimates of Florida Manatees (Trichechus ...
(2004). Carcass Counts by Age Class Estimation of individual carcass age involves several different models. Models have been created that estimate the probability a carcass died within about two weeks of birth (θ) vs. later in life ( Chapter 3).
Lisa Kimberley Schwarz, 2007
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An Industry Assessment of Pork Carcass Composition
EVALUATION OF CURRENT UNITED STATES PORK INDUSTRY CARCASS GRADING EQUIPMENT Abstract The objective was to provide the United States Department of Agriculture (USD A) Agricultural Marketing Service a means of ...
David John Newman, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARCASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carcass is used in the context of the following news items.
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Incredible footage shows whale carcass devoured by sharks in …
The close-quarters footage shows the sharks circling the huge carcass before taking chunks out of it. Watch the footage below to witness nature ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Central Texas man believes he has the carcass of a chupacabra …
Central Texas man believes he has the carcass of a chupacabra, experts disagree. By Tyler White : July 6, 2015. E-mail; Print ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
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'Ball is in the farmers' court to deliver the ideal lamb carcass'
However when it comes to delivering the ideal lamb carcass in terms of weight and fat cover the ball is firmly in the producer's court. «Agriland, Jul 15»
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FSA wins Judicial Review over beef carcass decision
The two organisations had gone to court in attempt to overturn a ruling by an FSA veterinary contractor that a beef carcass was unfit to enter the ... «New Food, Jul 15»
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Farmer in Court for Stealing and Donating Elephant Carcass to …
The carcass, weighing 950kg was given to Woodlands Farm Community by Parks and Wildlife Management Authority after they shot a problem ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Tension arises as calf carcass found in UP
Tension gripped Kulpahar area in Mahoba district today after a calf carcass with severe injury marks was found, police spokesman said here. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Rhino carcass found, horn missing
A rhino carcass with its horn missing was found inside Chilapata forest near Jaldapara National Park in Alipurduar district today, forest ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Video shows sharks feasting on a sperm whale carcass off the …
Graphic footage has emerged of a group of sharks feasting on the carcass of a dead sperm whale off the north coast of New South Wales, ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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VIDEO: Sharks feeding on a sperm whale carcass
LARGE sharks fed off a dead sperm whale carcass as it floated north of Coffs Harbour before being washed onto Sapphire Beach early this ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Jul 15»
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Is the animal carcass in a cooler a chupacabra?
The first thing that emerged was a paw. Then a head with large fangs appeared. The creature that Philip Oliveira had frozen in a plastic ... «MyStatesman.com, Jul 15»

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