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body   (TTS Sound)

The noun body has 11 senses

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


• body -- (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")


• body, dead body -- (a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake")


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


• torso, trunk, body -- (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies")


• body -- (a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents")


• consistency, consistence, eubstance, body -- (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")


• body -- (the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short")


• body -- (the main mass of a thing)


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


• body -- (the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted")

The verb body has 1 sense

• body, personify -- (invest with or as with a body; give body to)