carcase

Butcher's raw framework

Carcase is the British spelling of carcass, referring to the dead body of an animal, especially one slaughtered for food or found after death.

The word extends to anything resembling a dead body in its emptiness or structural remains: the carcase of a burned-out building, the carcase of an old ship.

In butchery, it specifically means the trunk of a slaughtered animal after the head, limbs, and organs have been removed.

The carcase hung in the cold room awaiting processing.

corpse

cadaver

Body for dissection

dead · stiff · carrion · roadkill · mortuary · morgue · autopsy · decomposition · putrefaction · decay

butchery

meat

Animal tissue for food

mutton · venison · poultry · offal · butcher · slaughter · abattoir · hanging · dressing · jointing

framework

shell

Hard outer covering

  • frameSupporting outer structure
  • skeletonInternal supportive framework
  • hullOuter covering or frame

chassis · fuselage · bodywork · scaffold · structure · wreck · hulk · airframe · shipwreck · gutted

husk

shell

Hard outer covering

  • rindTough outer covering
  • skinBody's outer layer
  • peelOuter fruit layer

pod · chaff · hull · exoskeleton · covering · outer layer · emptied · discarded · hollow · dried

Opposites
life status

carcaseliving being

Organism that's alive

vitality/animation

carcasesoul

Innermost animating essence

spirit · life force · anima · vital spark

Phrases
Family

carcass, carcasses, carcases

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Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG