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nounthe property of holding together and retaining its shape
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nouna resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
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verbinvest with or as with a body; give body to
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nounthe entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
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nounthe body excluding the head and neck and limbstype of:part of:
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nouna natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
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nouna collection of particulars considered as a system
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nouna group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entitytype of:
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nounan individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objectstype of:
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nounthe central message of a communication
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nounthe external structure of a vehicletype of:
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nounthe main mass of a thingtype of:
Examples of body
- "wool has more body than rayon"
- "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
- "they found the body in the lake"
- "a body of law"
- "a body of doctrine"
- "a body of precedents"
- "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
- "the student body"
- "administrative body"
- "heavenly body"
- "the body of the message was short"
- "the body of the car was badly rusted"