Body-builder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Body-builder is a noun meaning Something that is beneficial to the body.
Meaning
Something that is beneficial to the body.
More Meanings
- One who builds vehicle bodies.
- Alternative form of bodybuilder (“one who builds a muscular physique”).
Example Sentences
Compare him to Christopher Reeve of the modern Superman movies, who was sculpted like a body-builder.
AMONG the muscular body-builders in the first-floor Newcastle gymnasium, Neville Jason, dark, slim and smelling just slightly of after shave, looked very out of place.
Do not imagine I am not in sympathy with the game. I am, most heartily, with this and most out-of-door sports. I am only combating a prevailing belief that they are beneficial body-builders.
Leonard DaLuz, a 26-year-old muscular body-builder, was crowned “Mr. Rock Hill” to highlight the 1961 Rock Hill Weight Lifting Championships and physique contest Saturday night at the Stadium Hut.
Word Forms
- body-builders
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