• the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal

Synonyms: anatomy, figure, frame, form, shape, build, physique, framework, skeleton, bones, flesh and bones

• the main section of a motor vehicle or aircraft

Synonyms: bodywork, hull, fuselage, outer casing

• the main or central part of something, especially a building or text

Synonyms: main part, principal part, central part, core, heart, hub, nub, kernel

• a large amount or collection of something

Synonyms: expanse, mass, area, stretch, region, tract, breadth, sweep, extent, aggregate, accumulation, concretion, accretion, quantity, amount, volume, collection, proportion, mass, corpus

• a material object

Synonyms: object, entity, item, piece of matter

• a full or substantial quality of flavour in wine

• a woman's close-fitting stretch garment for the upper body, fastening at the crotch

• (in pottery) a clay used for making the main part of ceramic ware, as distinct from a glaze

• give material form to something abstract

• build the bodywork of (a motor vehicle)