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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An automobile construction technique in which the body is integrated into a single unit with the chassis rather than having a separate body-on-frame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
A body of this type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
A shell that is the principal source of structural strength of an object; also, its design and construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A style of mobile phone, tablet, or laptop computer where the user cannot replace the battery because the device is manufactured as a single sealed unit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *bhewdh- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English unibody From uni- + body.
