Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carcass weight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: car-cass weight
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In cattle hauled an average of 1023 km, almost one-half of the shrinkage was due to loss of carcass weight (Self and Gay, 1972)."

Usage

Inflected Forms

carcass weights (plural)

Phrases

live weight

Frequently Paired Words

live weight

Questions

What does carcass weight mean?: The weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.

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