Definition of body

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• body is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• body is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• body is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of body

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape (noun)

  Examples

  1. wool has more body than rayon

  Synonyms

  1. consistence
  2. consistency
  3. substance
• a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. soundbox
• invest with or as with a body; give body to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. personify
• the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he felt as if his whole body were on fire

  Synonyms

  1. organic structure
• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. torso
  2. trunk
• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person (noun)

  Examples

  1. they found the body in the lake

  Synonyms

  1. dead body
• a collection of particulars considered as a system (noun)

  Examples

  1. a body of law
  2. a body of doctrine
  3. a body of precedents
• a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity (noun)

  Examples

  1. the whole body filed out of the auditorium
  2. the student body
  3. administrative body
• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects (noun)

  Examples

  1. heavenly body
• the central message of a communication (noun)

  Examples

  1. the body of the message was short
• the external structure of a vehicle (noun)

  Examples

  1. the body of the car was badly rusted
• the main mass of a thing (noun)

See definition of body in Merriam Webster