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carcass
English
Alternative forms
- carcase
Etymology
Dated from the late 13th Century C.E.; from Anglo-Norman carcois, possibly related to Old French charcois. Cognate with French carcasse.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??k?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??k?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k?s
- Hyphenation: car?cass
Noun
carcass (plural carcasses)
- The body of a dead animal.
- 1992, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, page 284,
- Despite all of the groups' experiences with leopards and carcasses in trees, neither the vervets nor the baboons gave alarm calls at the sight of the carcass alone.
- 2005, Maria S. Johnson, Tim R. Nagy, Chapter 10: Animal Body Composition Methods, Steven B. Heymsfield, Timothy G. Lohman, ZiMian Wang, Scott B. Going, (editors), Human Body Composition, 2nd Edition, page 141,
- Instead, the majority of studies involve freezing the carcasses until time permits the analysis.
- 1992, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, page 284,
- (meat trade) The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.
- 1961, D. M. Doty, John C. Pierce, Beef Muscle Characteristics as Related to Carcass Grade, Carcass Weight, and Degree of Aging, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 1231, page 33,
- Lean flavor scores for this muscle were lower than those for ribeye, especially in Prime grade carcasses.
- 1961, D. M. Doty, John C. Pierce, Beef Muscle Characteristics as Related to Carcass Grade, Carcass Weight, and Degree of Aging, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 1231, page 33,
- The body of a dead human, a corpse.
- The framework of a structure, especially one not normally seen.
- (nautical) An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.
Usage notes
The form carcase is closer to Middle English spellings (carcays or carkeis).
Carcase may be more common in varieties of British English than it is in US English. For instance, in Australia, some newspapers use carcase, while others use carcass. The Australian Dept of Agriculture uses carcase for the sense body of slaughtered animal.
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:corpse
Translations
See also
- cadaver
- carrion
- corpse
References
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debris
English
Alternative forms
- débris
Etymology
Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or from Middle French debriser (“to break apart”), from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier (“to break apart, shatter, bust”), from Frankish *bristijan, *bristan, *brestan (“to break violently, shatter, bust”), from Proto-Germanic *brestan? (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?rest- (“to separate, burst”). Cognate with Old High German bristan (“to break asunder, burst”), Old English berstan (“to break, shatter, burst”). More at burst.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?b?i?/, /?de?b?i?/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??b?i?/
Noun
debris (uncountable)
- Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:debris
- Litter and discarded refuse.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trash
- The ruins of a broken-down structure.
- (geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
Translations
Anagrams
- Brides, biders, birdes, brides, rebids, sibred
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