BODY-BUILD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does body-build mean? 

• BODY-BUILD (noun)
  The noun BODY-BUILD has 1 sense:

1. constitution of the human body

  Familiarity information: BODY-BUILD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BODY-BUILD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constitution of the human body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

body-build; build; habitus; physique

Hypernyms ("body-build" is a kind of...):

bodily property (an attribute of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "body-build"):

lankiness (a tall and thin physique)

dumpiness; squattiness (a short and stout physique)

body type; somatotype (a category of physique)