body part
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- noun
- /ˈbɑdi pɑrt/
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parte del cuerpo
- To help the recipient's body accept this foreign body part, his or her immune system must be desensitized.
- identify body parts
- human body parts
- use body parts
Long story short, her body parts washed up on the beach.
- Long story short, her body parts washed up on the beach.
- But I want to know what is your favorite body part of yours of your body?
- Would you say the weirdest body part or concept or function?
- Other things like body part split training, right training one muscle group per day.
- But I think they, all the body parts came from that crash site, man.
- And it's just like a freaking pile of body parts.
- And that's when life stops being fun is when bodies, body parts stop working.
Examples
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The only way they survive is to have body parts transplanted over and over again.
Fiction book (1996) -
You have to think about all your body parts more than you usually would.
Fiction book (1996) -
My favorite body part is oh, my skin.
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But I want to know what is your favorite body part of yours of your body?
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What body part are you missing?
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So they know about the association between body parts surrounding the hand and the hand itself.
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I took a shower, washing every body part with actual soap.
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"I am an alchemist, my lord, and body parts are often useful in my occupation."
Fiction book (1991) -
"Some have lost both hands, their eyesight, and other body parts," said Zapata.
Academic text (2012) -
The human body has many important body parts like the heart, lungs, and limbs.
Synonyms
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A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole
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A single piece that makes up a larger object
The way the parts of a living body are arranged to give it shape and help it move
A complex part of a living body made of pieces arranged to do a job
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'any component of a living organism' is directly and compositionally derived from 'body' (physical structure) + 'part' (a component), following a common noun+noun compounding pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically familiar and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase body part comes from the simple picture of a whole body made of different parts, like an arm, leg, or heart. That's why it means 'a part of a living creature', such as an 'organ' or a 'limb'.