Joe wrote:
"heteroscedastic" wrote in message
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:I have made a lot of kitchen cabinets, but I have never decided for
: sure what standard 24 inch depth means--is it the overall depth of the
: carcase, or is it the overall depth of the cabinet with drawers and
: doors installed? A 24 inch carcase with overlay doors has a total
: overall depth of 24 13/16" or so with overlay doors. Countertops are
: 25" deep typically or maybe a bit more, and they won't overhang the
: outer face of the cabinet by very much if you have overlay doors and a
: 24" carcase. Everybody in the world knows the answer here but me, I
: imagine.

Except me. What the hell is a 'carcase'?

It is an alternate spelling for "carcass". I'm guessing he is calling
the cabinets without tops a carcass. And Wiki says:

"Carcass (furniture), the part of a piece of furniture that holds
inlays" but I'm not sure about that use?