Synonyms for carcase

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kahr-kuh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr kəs

Définition of carcase

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.

As in carcass/carcase : noun dead body; framework, base structure

Example sentences :

On cutting the carcase open, Johnson found nothing but water in the stomach.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

Where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine

When it floated up it drifted away, and Gobila's people secured the carcase.
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

Not as yet had her fortune become as a carcase to the birds.
Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird

He hurried, for the freezing process was going on in his carcase, and he was afraid.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

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

A few minutes after they caught the first one its carcase was flung overboard.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

If my carcase be good for nothing, I hereby make it over to you.
Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Strike off this Christian's head, and cast his carcase to the fishes!'
Extract from : « The Boy Crusaders » by John G. Edgar

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