body
noun
1. the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- he felt as if his whole body were on fire
Definition categories: body
2. a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- the whole body filed out of the auditorium
- the student body
- administrative body
Definition categories: group
3. a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- they found the body in the lake
Definition categories: body
4. an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- heavenly body
Definition categories: object
5. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
Definition categories: body
6. a collection of particulars considered as a system
- a body of law
- a body of doctrine
- a body of precedents
Definition categories: group, scheme, system
7. the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- wool has more body than rayon
Similar word(s): consistence, consistency, substance
Definition categories: attribute, property
8. the central message of a communication
- the body of the message was short
Definition categories: communication, content, message, substance
9. the main mass of a thing
Definition categories: attribute, mass
10. a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
Similar word(s): soundbox
Definition categories: man–made, resonator
11. the external structure of a vehicle
- the body of the car was badly rusted
Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure
Sentences with body as a noun:
- The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
- Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.
- What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
- The boxer took a blow to the body.
- The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
- Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
- In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
- I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
- The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
- We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
- We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
- The red wine, sadly, lacked body.
- The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
- a nonpareil face on an agate body