body
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
body/ˈbɒdi/
▶noun (pl. bodies)
- 1 the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or animal.
■ the trunk apart from the head and the limbs.
■ a corpse.
■ informal, dated a person.
- 2 the main or central part of something: the main body of the text.
■ a mass or collection: a large body of water.
- 3 an organized group of people with a common function: a regulatory body.
- 4 technical a material object.
- 5 a full flavour in wine.
■ fullness of a person's hair.
- 6 Brit. a woman's close-fitting stretch garment for the upper body, usually fastening at the crotch.
– phrases
in a body as a group.
keep body and soul together stay alive in difficult circumstances.
over my dead body informal used to express strong opposition.
in a body as a group.
keep body and soul together stay alive in difficult circumstances.
over my dead body informal used to express strong opposition.
– derivatives
-bodied adjective.
-bodied adjective.
– origin OE bodig, of unknown origin.
'body' also found in these Oxford entries:
abdomen
- abduct
- ablation
- ablution
- abscess
- abseil
- Achilles heel
- acidosis
- act
- acupoint
- acupressure
- adaptogen
- adduct
- -ade
- adenosine triphosphate
- adipose
- adjuvant
- advance guard
- aerobicized
- agonist
- agrion
- Aids
- ail
- airframe
- air mass
- air sac
- airship
- -algia
- alimentary canal
- alkalosis
- allergy
- allometry
- alopecia
- amphipod
- anamnestic
- anaphylaxis
- anastomosis
- anatomize
- angelfish
- angulate
- anterior
- anthropometry
- antibody
- antigen
- anus
- aorta
- aphelion
- apo-
- apsis
- aqueduct

