carcass noun

(UK also carcase) Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word

/ˈkɑː.kəs/

/ˈkɑːr-/ n [C]

Definition

•

the body of a dead animal, especially a large one that is soon to be cut up as meat or eaten by wild animals

Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the rotting carcass of the deer.

slang Move your great carcass (= your body) out of that chair!

•

the frame of an old or broken object, car, ship, etc.

Carcasses of burnt-out vehicles lined the roads near the scene of the worst fighting.

(Definition of carcass noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

to worry about something

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