body

Noun

• the external structure of a vehicle
  • the body of the car was badly rusted
    

• a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)

• the main mass of a thing

• the central message of a communication
  • the body of the message was short
    

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape
  • wool has more body than rayon
    
  • when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
    

• a collection of particulars considered as a system
  • a body of law
    
  • a body of doctrine
    
  • a body of precedents
    

• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
  • they moved their arms and legs and bodies
    

• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
  • heavenly body
    

• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
  • they found the body in the lake
    

• 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
    

• the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
  • he felt as if his whole body were on fire
    

Verb

• invest with or as with a body; give body to

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  soundbox , consistency , consistence , eubstance , torso , trunk , dead body , organic structure , physical structure , personify