body

Definition for body

noun as in physique

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frame, torso

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anatomy, bod, build, chassis, embodiment, figure, form, makeup, protoplasm, shaft, shape, trunk

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bag of bones, carcass, constitution, mortal part

noun as in corpse

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carcass, dead body, remains

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ashes, bones, cadaver, deceased, stiff

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carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dust, relic

noun as in human being

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individual, party, person

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being, human, mortal, personage, soul

noun as in bulk; central portion

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frame, material, skeleton

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assembly, basis, bed, chassis, core, corpus, crux, essence, fuselage, gist, groundwork, hull, majority, mass, matter, pith, staple, substance, substructure, sum, tenor, total, trunk, whole

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gravamen, main part

noun as in crowd

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group, party, society

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array, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, horde, lot, majority, mass, mob, multitude, parcel, set, throng

noun as in main part of written work

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heart, material

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argument, burden, core, discourse, dissertation, evidence, exposition, gist, meat, pith, sense, substance, text, thesis, treatise

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Its figures are seen as reliable by the UN and other international bodies.

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The Human Centipede is a reference to the 2009 body horror film.

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Public bodies have raised concerns about the cost of setting up and running the review model.

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The section of the body behind the harlequin's head is often white with a black M-shaped marking.

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Its figures are widely accepted by the United Nations and other international bodies as being accurate.

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