Found 3 items, similar to Carcasses.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: carcass bangkai, bengkarak, kerangka, mayat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: carcass carcass n : the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food [syn: carcase]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Carcasses Carcass \Car"cass\ (k[aum]r"kas), n.; pl. Carcasses. [Written also carcase.] [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath.] 1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. [1913 Webster] He turned to see the carcass of the lion. --Judges xiv. 8. [1913 Webster] This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. --De Foe. [1913 Webster] 2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. “To pamper his own carcass.” --South. [1913 Webster] Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature. For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. --Oldham. [1913 Webster] 3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. [1913 Webster] A rotten carcass of a boat. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. [1913 Webster] A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. --W. Iving. [1913 Webster] ||