Plural of body
regular plural
The plural of body is bodies.
Forms of body
| Singular | body /ˈbɒdi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bodies /ˈbɒd.iz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Bodies in a sentence
- I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
- The bodies of 19-year-old best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were returned to Australia on Tuesday night.2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and...
- It's shameful to loot the bodies of the people who died today.From the entry loot
- The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.From the entry heavenly
- There is some sign of disparate standards bodies becoming more closely aligned.From the entry standards
Meaning of body
- noun The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- noun The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- noun A corpse.
Questions about the plural of body
- What is the plural of body?
- The plural of body is bodies.
- Is body countable?
- Body is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: body (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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