bodyline
bodyline is the alternative form of body line.
Meaning of body line
Noun
body line (countable and uncountable, plural body lines)
- The mean line; the level of the top of the main lower-case letters (without ascenders).
- A person's posture or bearing.
- The bodyline style of bowling.
- The shape or profile of the body of an animal etc.
- This Blue shows the remarkable, sleek bodyline of the breed.2001, Alan Edwards, The New Guide to Cat Breeds, page 89
Adjective
bodyline (not comparable)
- Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
- The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 3
Forms of bodyline
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Words formed from bodyline
Questions about bodyline
- What does bodyline mean?
- Bodyline means designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
- What is bodyline the alternative form of?
- Bodyline is the alternative form of body line.
- What part of speech is bodyline?
- Bodyline is an adjective.
Words near bodyline in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bodyline (page history and authors); body line (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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