the property of holding together and retaining its shape
“wool has more body than rayon”
the central message of a communication
“the body of the message was short”
the external structure of a vehicle
“the body of the car was badly rusted”
the main mass of a thing
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
“he felt as if his whole body were on fire”
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
“they found the body in the lake”
a collection of particulars considered as a system
“a body of law”
a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
“the whole body filed out of the auditorium”
an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
“heavenly body”