body plural
bod·y
The plural form of body is bodies
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- noun plural body the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc. 1
- noun plural body a person: She's a quiet sort of body. 1
- noun plural body Law. the physical person of an individual. 1
- noun plural body a collective group: student body; corporate body. 1
- noun plural body Astronomy. an object in space, as a planet or star. 1
- noun plural body a separate physical mass or quantity, especially as distinguished from other masses or quantities. 1
- noun plural body consistency or density; richness; substance: This wine has good body. Wool has more body than rayon. 1
- noun plural body the part of a dress that covers the trunk or the part of the trunk above the waist. 1
- noun plural body Ceramics. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made. 1
- noun plural body the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead. 1
- noun plural body a corpse; carcass. 1
- noun plural body the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree. 1
- noun plural body Anatomy, Zoology. the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso. 1
- noun plural body Architecture. the principal mass of a building. 1
- noun plural body the section of a vehicle, usually in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried. 1
- noun plural body Nautical. the hull of a ship. 1
- noun plural body Aeronautics. the fuselage of a plane. 1
- noun plural body Printing. the shank of a type, supporting the face. 1
- noun plural body Geometry. a figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid. 1
- noun plural body Physics. a mass, especially one considered as a whole. 1
- noun plural body the major portion of an army, population, etc.: The body of the American people favors the president's policy. 1