narrow-bodied
- adjective
- The airline operates several narrow-bodied jets on its regional routes.
Examples
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Many narrow-bodied aircraft are designed for short-haul flights.
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Certain fish species are more narrow-bodied, making them faster swimmers in streams.
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The museum displayed a narrow-bodied vase from ancient Greece.
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The narrow-bodied fish swam gracefully through the coral reef.
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The airline operates several narrow-bodied jets on its regional routes.
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Many narrow-bodied aircraft are designed for short-haul flights.
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Certain fish species are more narrow-bodied, making them faster swimmers in streams.
Synonyms
Not thick from side to side, for example a line or a slice
Having little distance between two sides
Thin and with little body fat
Thin and not strongly built
Very small in amount or size, often for close results
Very thin with bones showing under the skin
Very thin person with little or no fat
Thin and small in a neat, attractive shape
Having a long thin body
An animal or object with a slim, narrow body
Having a thin, narrow body shape
A person or animal with a thin, flexible body that moves gracefully
A little narrower than usual
Thin so you can see or feel the bones
Antonyms
How Narrow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word narrow-bodied breaks into narrow ('not wide') and bodied from body ('main part or shape'), which gives the simple image of something whose main form is thin. So, narrow-bodied means having a 'not wide' or 'thin' body compared with others.