Body and Formation

Body

Body noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Formation and body are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Body".

Nearby Words: bodily, bod, bodied, bodying

Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Body and formation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Body" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

similar	similar body	similar formation
natural	natural body	natural formation
perfect	perfect body	perfect formation
original	original body	original formation
Other adjectives: proper, single, actual, entire, massive, large, new, different, giant.

In the climax, our heroes are merged into one body, and the Evil Minions guard their captive in bowling-pin formation.

Source: Bowled Over
Or do what Iceland did and body-check the entire formation for a turnover and five-man breakaway.

Source: Film / The Mighty Ducks
One hypothesis about the Moon's formation is that it was produced by the ejecta thrown out from Earth as the result of a collision with a roughly Mars-sized body.

Source: Colony Drop

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