Body

Quick meaning: Body is a noun meaning Physical frame.

Meaning

Physical frame.

More Meanings

1. Main section.
2. Coherent group.
3. Material entity.
4. (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
5. (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
6. (transitive, often with forth) To give body or shape to something.
7. To construct the bodywork of a car.

Example Sentences

a nonpareil face on an agate body

(countable) A bodysuit. [from 19th c.]

I don’t say, one bodies the other / One’s spiritual truth; / But I do say it’s hard to lose either, / When you have both.

The stemless notes could have been cast on a body as short as 4 mm but were probably cast on bodies of the standard 14 mm size for ease of composition.

Word Forms

• bodies
• bodie
• bodying
• bodied

Synonyms for body

Depending on context, synonyms include bod, flesh, carcass, quarrons, soma, personify.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include consistence, personify, consistency, torso, trunk, bodily.

Related Dictionary Tools