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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French carcasse. Cognate with English carcass.
Noun
carcasa f (plural carcasas)
- carcass (corpse of an animal)
2015 September 24, “¿Y si todos tuviéramos un corazón de repuesto?”, in El País:Todas ellas están condicionadas por lo que se denominan señales o factores biológicos que determinan su función y van acopladas a una estructura o carcasa compuesta por materiales proteicos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (mechanics, technology) housing, casing (protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component)
- case (e.g. a phone case)
- (engineering) carcass, framework, body, chassis (usually an unfinished framework of a house, building or vehicle in particular)
- a type of incendiary bomb
- carcass (inner body of pneumatic tire)
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