Word: Body
How to pronounce: ˈbɒdɪ
Noun
Definitions:
1. The physical structure of a person or an animal, including the bones, flesh, and organs.
Example sentences: "It's important to keep your body in good condition"
2. The main section of a car or aircraft.
Example sentences: "The body of the aircraft was filled with smoke"
3. The main or central part of something, especially a building or text.
Example sentences: "Information that changes regularly is kept apart from the main body of the text"
4. A large or substantial amount of something; a mass or collection of something.
Example sentences: "A rich body of Canadian folklore"
5. A distinct material object.
Example sentences: "The path taken by the falling body"
6. A full or substantial quality of flavor in wine.
Example sentences: "Best of all, this wine has body and finish"
7. (in pottery) a clay used for making the main part of ceramic ware, as distinct from a glaze.
Example sentences: "In Siraj's ceramics, this body is in clay, bearing several forms and colours within it."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Give material form to something abstract.
Example sentences: "He bodied forth the traditional Prussian remedy for all ills"
2. Build the bodywork of (a motor vehicle)
Example sentences: "An era when automobiles were bodied over wooden frames"
Synonyms:
corpse
carcass
cadaver
dead body
stiff
core
organ
face
individual
community
person
group
party
life
organism
human body
bodywork
car body
carbody
little body
flesh
bones
torso
trunk
chassis
array
wing
block
bod
bulk
mass
weight
creature
being
thing
consistence
consistency
set
Antonyms:
institution
establishment
Derivations:
bodily
BoD
bodied
bodying
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Body in Other Languages...
Spanish: Cuerpo
German: Körper
French: Corps
Italian: Corpo
Turkish: Vücut
