bod

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /bɑd/ UK /bɒd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bad /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like bud /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

Meanings

1

noun
(informal) a person; the human body

He's a friendly old bod who lives down the lane.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · (informal) a person; the... person body fellow chap individual figure physique

Word family

Related forms body

Etymology

A 20th-century colloquial shortening of body, from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame, chest'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic.

bodig Old English

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Topics

People & Society Register & Style

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# bod

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /bɑd/
**IPA (UK):** /bɒd/

## Meanings
1. (informal) a person; the human body

## Examples
- He's a friendly old bod who lives down the lane.

## Synonyms
- person
- body
- fellow
- chap
- individual
- figure
- physique

## Related Forms
- body

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bodig

## Etymology
A 20th-century colloquial shortening of body, from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame, chest'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic.

## AI Etymology
Bod is a noun meaning "(informal) a person; the human body". Historically, it is a 20th-century colloquial shortening of body, from Old English bodig ('trunk, frame, chest'), of uncertain further origin with no clear cognates outside West Germanic. The visible construction is part of the etymology: bod is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The historical chain is anchored in Old English bodig. A close English family member is body.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Register & Style

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