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Definition for body

noun as in physique

noun as in corpse

Strongest matches

carcass, dead body, remains

Strong matches

ashes, bones, cadaver, deceased, stiff

noun as in human being

Strongest matches

individual, party, person

Strong matches

being, human, mortal, personage, soul

noun as in bulk; central portion

noun as in crowd

noun as in main part of written work

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Example Sentences

Georgia is aware that, unless used carefully, there is the risk of unwanted pregnancy but says "it's a risk I'm willing to take to let my body be how it should be".

From BBC

Packer was interviewed by detectives a month after the sex worker's body was found in remote woods in South Lanarkshire on 8 May 2005 - five weeks after she was last seen in Glasgow city centre.

From BBC

Her half-naked, severely injured, body was later discovered near a podium by a colleague.

From BBC

Your hands are chiral body parts, because when placed over one another, they line up perfectly yet are shaped reflectively.

From Salon

Prior to the 11th Century, the Cholas had been one among the many squabbling powers that dotted the Kaveri floodplain, the great body of silt that flows through India's present-day state of Tamil Nadu.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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