1
: a dead body : corpse
especially
: the dressed body of a meat animal
Butchers trimmed the meat from the carcass.
2
: the living, material, or physical body
It was nearly noon when he finally hauled his carcass out of bed.
3
: the decaying or worthless remains of a structure
the carcass of an abandoned automobile
4
: the underlying structure or frame of something (as of a piece of furniture)
Examples of carcass in a Sentence
the rusting carcass of an old truck
the carcass of a squirrel that had been run over
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
More than 30 years ago, researcher Boris Sket found the carcasses of tailless whip scorpions on the limestone of a monastery on Cyprus near a natural spring, but didn’t collect any live animals and the species was never noted again, according to the study.
—Irene Wright
july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
In Switzerland, farmers placed the carcasses of sheep killed by wolves in front of a regional government building.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 9 July 2025
Frey, who likes to belabor his points until the carcass of the horse has actually disintegrated, writes:
Somebody wanted Alexander the Great to be remembered as Alexander the Dead and Humiliated.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
More than 30 years ago, researcher Boris Sket found the carcasses of tailless whip scorpions on the limestone of a monastery on Cyprus near a natural spring, but didn’t collect any live animals and the species was never noted again, according to the study.
—Irene Wright
july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
In Switzerland, farmers placed the carcasses of sheep killed by wolves in front of a regional government building.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 9 July 2025
Frey, who likes to belabor his points until the carcass of the horse has actually disintegrated, writes:
Somebody wanted Alexander the Great to be remembered as Alexander the Dead and Humiliated.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for carcass
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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carcass. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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carcass
noun
car·cass
ˈkär-kəs 
: a dead body
especially
: the body of a meat animal prepared for market
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