body

The physical structure of a person or animal, or the main part of an object or organization.

• Exercise is good for your body.
• The car body was badly damaged.
• The main body of the organization supported the plan.

Common phrases: human body, car body, main body

The remains of a person or animal after they have died.

• The police found a body.
• They recovered two bodies from the river.
• Her body was buried beside her husband.

Similar words: corpse, remains

Common phrases: dead body, find a body, bury a body

A group of people who share a purpose or have particular duties.

• The governing body meets tomorrow.
• Several professional bodies opposed the changes.
• The whole student body voted on the proposal.

Similar words: organization, group

Common phrases: governing body, professional body, student body

A large amount of something gathered together or considered as a whole.

• The lake is a deep body of water.
• There is a growing body of evidence.
• Her body of work includes several novels.

How to use it: a body of something (The lake is a large body of water.)

Similar words: collection, mass

Common phrases: body of water, body of evidence, body of work

The physical part of a person, considered separately from their mind or soul.

• Meditation can calm both body and mind.
• He believed the soul could leave the body.
• She wrote about the needs of the body.

Similar words: flesh

Common phrases: body and soul, mind and body, physical body

An object with a definite shape or mass, considered as one thing.

• The moon is a heavenly body.
• Gravity attracts one body toward another.
• The scientist measured the motion of two bodies.

Similar words: object

Common phrases: celestial body, moving body, solid body