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# carcase

«carcase» in Mova's school dictionary: **the dead body of an animal, especially one left after the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (carcases)

### meaning for a pupil

A carcase is the dead body of an animal, especially one left after the good meat has been cut away. It is also spelt carcass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carcase/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a dead animal is a carcase; a hungry prince may gnaw the carcase of a crow

### examples

- The hunter left the carcase of the deer in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carcase/#x1)
- The wolf dragged the carcase under the bush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carcase/#x2)
- Crows circled above the carcase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carcase/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carcase» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carcase/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.