carcassa

carcass

noun kar-KAHS-sah Rare

Origin: French carcasse, ultimately uncertain.

Also means

shell, frame

Usage Note

Carcassa refers literally to a dead animal's body or, figuratively, to the empty skeleton of a building, ship, or machine. The plural is regular: le carcasse. It can also be used informally to describe someone's worn-out body — 'questa vecchia carcassa' — without being strongly offensive.

Examples

"Trovarono la carcassa di un cervo."

Natural Translation

They found the carcass of a deer.

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