Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) body, organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)) "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
S: (n) body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity) "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"
S: (n) body, dead body (a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person) "they found the body in the lake"
S: (n) body (an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects) "heavenly body"
S: (n) torso, trunk, body (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs) "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
S: (n) body (a collection of particulars considered as a system) "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
S: (n) consistency, consistence, substance, body (the property of holding together and retaining its shape) "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
S: (n) body (the central message of a communication) "the body of the message was short"
S: (n) biomass (the total mass of living matter in a given unit area)
S: (n) critical mass (the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction)
S: (n) rest mass ((physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body)
S: (n) relativistic mass ((physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases)
S: (n) bulk (the property possessed by a large mass)
S: (n) gravitational mass ((physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies)
S: (n) inertial mass ((physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity)
S: (n) mass defect, mass deficiency (the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles)
S: (n) soundbox, body (a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin))