body
- noun
- /ˈbɑːdi/
- Before presenting the body of my essay, it is necessary that I clarify its method of argument.
- body of the text
- body of the article
Curse words are censored in the body of this piece.
- Curse words are censored in the body of this piece.
Examples
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Each of these responses is reproduced in the main body of the article.
Academic text (2017) -
I have included a representative cross-sampling of these comments in the main body of the article.
Academic text (2017) -
Organization was examined within the introduction, body, and conclusion of the product.
Academic text (2015) -
Next up is to start fleshing out the body of this thing.
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There is an emerging body of research pertaining to the specific values of undergraduate research experiences.
Academic text (2008) -
Well, when I look at your body of activism, it is tireless.
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In the body of the research paper, the author presents compelling evidence to support their hypothesis.
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The organization provided updates in the body of the email, clarifying the agenda for the upcoming meeting.
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Readers often overlook important details in the body of an article if they focus solely on the headline.
Synonyms
The main words written in a book or document without notes and pictures
The written words in a book or article, not the pictures
Idioms
- Offensive
To find a dead person, often during police work or as slang for killing someone
Compounds
The way a person moves their face, hands, and body to show feelings without words
- Specialized
Clothing made of strong material that protects the body from bullets and blows
A group of people or organization that manages and sets rules for an institution
- Formal
An official group of people who make and change laws for a country or state
- Specialized
A liquid from the body of people and animals, for example blood, saliva or urine
- Specialized
A natural object in space like a star or planet that you can see in the sky
- Specialized
A number that shows if a person's weight is healthy for their height
- NSFW
A person who steals dead bodies from graves to sell to medical schools for study
- Specialized
An object that absorbs all light and other kinds of radiation that hit it
A tight, stretchy piece of clothing that covers the torso and sometimes the arms and legs
- NSFW
A tight one-piece underwear that covers the torso and sometimes arms and legs
- Specialized
The temperature you measure right after waking and before you move or eat
- Jargon
A movement of your body after throwing or hitting a ball to change its direction
- Specialized
A medical machine with a chamber that surrounds the body to measure lung size and how well you breathe
- Specialized
Light and heat given off by an object that absorbs all light, changing colour with temperature
The physical part of a person with skin, bones, and organs, not the mind or spirit
- Specialized
An object that emits less light and heat than a perfect emitter at the same temperature
- Specialized
A small gland in the brain that makes melatonin and helps control sleep and daily body rhythms
- Specialized
A clear jelly that fills the space between the lens and the back of the eye
- Specialized
A natural way for a woman to find her fertile days by taking her temperature every morning
- Specialized
A natural way to avoid pregnancy by checking a woman's daily morning temperature to find days she can get pregnant
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in clothing, bites people, and can spread disease
- Specialized
The way the parts of a living body are arranged to give it shape and help it move
- Specialized
A small abnormal structure inside certain white blood cells seen in some cancers
- Specialized
A small group of cells near the split of the neck artery that senses blood oxygen and helps control breathing
- Specialized
Small area in a cell near the nucleus that holds centrioles and arranges tiny tubes
- Specialized
Part of the eye behind the iris that changes the lens shape and makes the clear fluid inside the eye
- Archaic
Small chemicals made when the body breaks down fat for energy, often seen in blood or urine during diabetes
- Specialized
A sudden infection by the herpes virus that damages the front and side parts of the brain
- Specialized
A brain part that sends signals from the eyes to the back of the brain for vision
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Body is used for the main part of a letter or message because, like the human body, this is the central, largest part of what is being said.