Definitions of body:

• noun:   the external structure of a vehicle

  Example: "The body of the car was badly rusted"

• noun:   the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being)

  Example: "He felt as if his whole body were on fire"

• noun:   body of a dead animal or person

  Example: "They found the body in the lake"

• noun:   the central message of a communication

  Example: "The body of the message was short"

• noun:   a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

  Example: "The whole body filed out of the auditorium"

• noun:   a collection of particulars considered as a system

  Example: "A body of law"

• noun:   an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects

  Example: "Heavenly body"

• noun:   the property of holding together and retaining its shape
• noun:   the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
• verb:   invest with or as with a body; give body to
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #11915)