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body matter

body matter noun: within a book, the main portion of text, excluding the front matter and back matter.

Noun

body matter (uncountable)

  1. Within a book, the main portion of text, excluding the front matter and back matter.
    Synonyms:
    body text, main text

Synonyms of body matter

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Questions about body matter

What does body matter mean?
Body matter means within a book, the main portion of text, excluding the front matter and back matter.
What part of speech is body matter?
Body matter is a noun.

Words near body matter in the dictionary

  1. body man
  2. body mass
  3. body mass index
  4. body mass indexes
  5. body mass indices
  6. body matter
  7. body mechanics
  8. body men
  9. body mic
  10. body mics
  11. body modification

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