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Definition: Carcase |
CarcaseNoun1. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "carcase" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Carcase contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law (Hag. 2:13; comp. Num. 19:16, 22; Lev. 11:39). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Public Administration | The whole body of a slaughtered animal after bleeding, evisceration, removal of udders in the case of cows and, except in the case of pigs, skinning and separation of the head and limbs, the latter being cut off at the carpus and tarsus. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CarcaseSynonym: carcass (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Carcase |
| Specialty definitions using "carcase": blackscraping ♦ carcass wash, coquelet, cut thereof ♦ debristling, dehairing, de-hairing ♦ external fat ♦ fat on the outside of the carcase ♦ half carcase, half-carcase ♦ profiles ♦ removing the bristles ♦ sconto, subcutaneous fat ♦ washing down ♦ Y'mir. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "carcase": Carcass. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Have His Carcase (1987) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is a carcase, indeed |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Carcase" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Carcase" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 50 | 48,117 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "carcase": carcase byproducts ♦ fat on the outside of the carcase ♦ half carcase ♦ lamb carcase. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "carcase": half-carcase. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carcase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | cofëtinë (carcass, carrion, hag, scrag), trup i njeriut (carcass), skelet (atomy, cadre, carcass, case, frame, framework, Mount, mounting, shell, skeleton, yoke), mish (bossy, carcass, flesh, meat), karkasë (body, cadre, carcass, case, chassis, frame, shell, skeleton, yoke), karabina (carcass), kërmë (carcass, carrion, heel). (various references) | |
Arabic | الجسم الحي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | труп (body, cadaver, corpse, corpus, log, nog, stiff, subject, torso, trunk). (various references) | |
Czech | kus masa. (various references) | |
Danish | slagtekrop (carcass of the slaughtered animal), raahus (carcass, fabric, shell), raabygning med tag (carcass, fabric including roof), raabygning (carcass, fabric, shell), krop (body). (various references) | |
Dutch | ruwbouw met dak (carcass, fabric including roof), ruwbouw (carcass, fabric, shell), karkas (skeleton). (various references) | |
Farsi | لاشه (Bier, Body, Cadaver, Carrion, Corpse), جسد (Bier, Body, Corpse). (various references) | |
Finnish | ruho (carcass). (various references) | |
French | carcasse (carcass), gros oeuvre fermé (carcass), gros oeuvre (carcass, carcass work, rough cast). (various references) | |
German | Schlachtkoerper (carcass), Schlachtkörper, Rohbau mit Dach (carcass, fabric including roof), Rohbau (shell). (various references) | |
Greek | σφάγιο (carcass), σφαγείο (abattoir, shambles, slaughter house, slaughterhouse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tetem (body, cadaver, carcass, corpse, corpus, dead body), hulla (body, cadaver, carcass, carrion, corpse, dead body, stiff), dög (carcass, carrion). (various references) | |
Italian | carcassa (carcass, hulk, shell, wreck), rustico con copertura (carcass, fabric including roof), rustico (cabin, carcass, countrified, country, rough, rustic, rustication), animale in canale (carcass). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | カーボン紙 (black currant, cacao, cactus, Caesar, Cairo, car lease, car life, car race, car radio, carbon paper, carcass, Carlton, carmine, carport, Casio, Cassiopeia, Cassisliqueur, chaos, chiropractic, chiropractor, cocktail, cocktail dress, cocktail glass, cocktail lounge, cocktail party, couch potato, counseling, counselor, count, countdown, counter, counter attack, counter display, counterblow, counter-propagation, counterpunch, counterpurchase, count-out, cowboy, cowboy hat, cowhide, curl, Curlash, curler, curling, curve, Kahn, Kaiser, Kamasutra, Kashmir, kinesics, kite, kymograph, rustle, television addict). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | カケス (carcass). (various references) | |
Manx | craueyn (carcase of boat), callin (body, constitution, human carcase, torso). (various references) | |
Norwegian | kadaver. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arcasecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | carcaça (frame, loaf, skeleton). (various references) | |
Romanian | carcasã (carcas, case, framework, framing, housing, Hull, shell, skeleton), stârv (carrion, offal). (various references) | |
Russian | туша (caracas, carcass). (various references) | |
Scottish | cairbh (a carcase, dead body). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | podizanje konstrukcije. (various references) | |
Spanish | cuerpo (bodice, body, bones, brigade, carcass, corps, corpse, corpus, corsage, force, frame, length, outfit), canal (canal, channel, dike, duct, dyke, gutter, side, sluice, track, trough, watercourse), cadáver de animal (carcass), res muerta (carcass), obra gruesa con cubierta incluida (carcass, fabric including roof), obra gruesa (carcass, fabric, shell), armazón (armature, carcass, frame, framework, shell, skeleton). (various references) | |
Swedish | kadaver (cadaver, carcass, carrion, corpse), as (as, cadaver, carcass, carrion, corpse, offal). (various references) | |
Turkish | ceset (body, cadaver, carcass, corpse, dead body, mortal remains, necro-, stiff), kalıntı (carcass, end, hangover, relic, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, ruins, rump, spoils, waif), kadavra (cadaver, carcass, corpse, dead body, subject), iskelet (atomy, bones, carcass, frame, framework, outline, skeletal, skeleton), gövde (body, carcass, former, ground form, Hull, shank, stem, stock, trunk), enkaz (carcass, debris, rubbish, salvage, wrack, wreck, wreckage). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xác súc vật (carcass), t u... bị cháy (carcass). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Opou gar ean h to ptwma ekei sunacqhsontai oi aetoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ubicumque fuerit corpus illuc congregabuntur aquilae |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Byð þider beoð earnes gegaderede. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Where euer the bodi schal be, also the eglis schulen be gaderid thidur. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For wheresoever a deed karkas is eve thyther will the egles resorte. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be collected. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 28 |
| Bulgarian | "ето бъде мършата, там ще се съберат и орлите. |
| Cebuano | Diin gani ang patay, atua usab didto magakatapok ang mga agila. |
| Croatian | "Gdje bude strvine, ondje æe se skupljati orlovi." |
| Danish | Hvor Ådselet er, der ville Ørnene samle sig. |
| Dutch | Want alwaar het dode lichaam zal zijn, daar zullen de arenden vergaderd worden. |
| Finnish | Missä raato on, sinne kotkat kokoontuvat. |
| French | En quelque lieu que soit le cadavre, l s`assembleront les aigles. |
| German | Wo aber ein Aas ist, da sammeln sich die Adler. |
| Haitian Creole | Kote kadav la va ye a, se la votou yo va sanble. |
| Hungarian | Mert a hol a dög, oda gyûlnek a keselyûk. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di mana ada bangkai, di situ ada burung pemakan bangkai." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena barang di mana ada bangkai, di situlah juga berkerumun burung nazar. |
| Italian | Dovunque sar il cadavere, ivi si raduneranno gli avvoltoi. |
| Latvian | Jo kur ir miesa, tur salasâs arî çrgïi. |
| Manx Gaelic | Son cre-erbee yn raad vees yn convayrt, shen y raad bee ny urlee er nyn jaglym cooidjagh. |
| Maori | Ko te wahi hoki i te tupapaku, ko reira huihui ai nga kahu. |
| Norwegian | Hvor åtselet er, der skal ørnene samles. |
| Portuguese | Pois onde estiver o cadáver, aí se ajuntarão os abutres. |
| Russian | Й'П, З"Е 'Х"ЕФ ФТХ , ФБН УП'ЕТХФУС ПТМЩ. |
| Shuar | Wats, jaka tepaana nui chuan Káutkachartatuak' Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Porque donde esté el cadáver, allí se juntarán los buitres. |
| Swahili | Pale ulipo mzoga, ndipo watakapokusanyika tai. |
| Swedish | Där åteln är, dit skola rovfåglarna församla sig. |
| Ukrainian | Бо де труп, там зберуться орли. |
| Uma | Ane ria anu mate, incana moto apa' wori' danci morumpu mpokoni'. Wae wo'o mpai' karata-ku nculii' hi dunia', uma-a tumai ngkawuni, incana moto mpai'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "carcase": carcases. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arecas, caesar, scarce. | |
-2 letters: acres, areas, areca, cacas, caeca, cares, carse, escar, races, sacra, scare, serac. | |
-3 letters: aces, acre, arcs, area, ares, arse, asea, caca, care, cars, casa, case, ceca, ears, eras, race, rase, recs, scar, sear, sera. | |
-4 letters: aas, ace, arc, are, ars, car, ear, era, ers, ras, rec, res, sac, sae, sea. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-r-s" | |
+1 letter: carcases, cardcase. | |
+2 letters: accessary, caracoles, carapaces, carcanets, carcasses, cardcases, caroaches, cercarias, crankcase, crustacea. | |
+3 letters: acaricides, acclaimers, accuracies, aircoaches, calcareous, carjackers, characters, clearances, crankcases, crawlspace, crustacean, macroscale, racetracks, reactances, saccharase, saccharide, saccharine, scapegrace, spacecraft. | |
+4 letters: accelerants, accelerates, accessaries, accessorial, accordances, archdeacons, autocracies, backpackers, backscatter, cantatrices, caricatures, catachreses, catachresis, catchphrase, cladocerans, coacervates, covariances, crawlspaces, crustaceans, macroscales, saccharases, saccharides, safecracker, scapegraces, scaramouche, spacecrafts, spectacular, vicariances. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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