Another word for body

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Noun

The physical frame of a dead person or animal

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A member of the human race

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A number of individuals making up or considered a unit

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A group of people organized for a particular purpose

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A number of persons who have come or been gathered together

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The main part

corpus
bulk

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A separate and distinct portion of matter

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A measurable whole

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body forth

To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form

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Another word for body

Noun

The physical structure of a human or animal

A corpse

The torso

The central portion of an object

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The central portion of a composition

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Individuals having an organization

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A unified or organized mass

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Full consistency

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keep body and soul together

over one's dead body

Synonym Study

Cadaver refers primarily to a dead human body used for medical dissection
Carcass is used of the dead body of an animal or, contemptuously or humorously, of the living or dead body of a human being
Corpse and the euphemistic remains refer to a dead human body
Body refers to the whole physical substance of a person or animal, whether dead or alive

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