<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.</li><li>a corpse; carcass.</li><li>the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree.</li><li>Synonyms: bulk, main.</li><li>Anatomy, Zoology: the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso.</li><li>Architecture: the principal mass of a building.</li><li>the section of a vehicle, usually in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried.</li><li>Nautical: the hull of a ship.</li><li>Aeronautics: the fuselage of a plane.</li><li>Printing: the shank of a type, supporting the face.</li><li>Geometry: a figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.</li><li>Physics: a mass, especially one considered as a whole.</li><li>the major portion of an army, population, etc.: The body of the American people favors the president's policy.</li><li>Synonyms: majority, preponderance, multitude, throng, group, mass.</li><li>Antonyms: few, scattering, handful.</li><li>the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.</li><li>a person: She's a quiet sort of body.</li><li>Law: the physical person of an individual.</li><li>a collective group: student body; corporate body.</li><li>Also called heav·en·ly bod·y.</li><li>Astronomy: an object in space, as a planet or star.</li><li>a separate physical mass or quantity, especially as distinguished from other masses or quantities.</li><li>consistency or density; richness; substance: This wine has good body.</li><li>Wool has more body than rayon.</li><li>the part of a dress that covers the trunk or the part of the trunk above the waist.</li><li>Ceramics: the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to invest with or as with a body.</li><li>to represent in bodily form (usually followed by forth).</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to the body; bodily.</li><li>of or relating to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as opposed to headings, illustrations, or the like.</li></ul>