body-build

Questions about body-build

What does body-build mean?

body-build means "constitution of the human body".

How many syllables are in body-build?

body-build has 4 syllables and divides as bo-dy--bu-ild under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for body-build?

Close synonyms include physique, build, habitus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is body-build a common word?

body-build is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for body-build come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.