BODY TYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does body type mean? 

• BODY TYPE (noun)
  The noun BODY TYPE has 1 sense:

1. a category of physique

  Familiarity information: BODY TYPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BODY TYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A category of physique

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

body type; somatotype

Hypernyms ("body type" is a kind of...):

body-build; build; habitus; physique (constitution of the human body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "body type"):

asthenic type; ectomorphy (slender, weak, and lightweight)

endomorphy; pyknic type (round, fat, and heavy)

athletic type; mesomorphy (muscular and big-boned)

 Context examples 

The type of reconstruction that is best for you depends on your age, body type, and the type of cancer surgery that you had.

(Breast Reconstruction, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

For a long time, sharks were considered "primitive," having evolved a body type long ago, with relatively little diversity in their early existence.

(Ancient sharks likely more diverse than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

But now we know that real changes in body type or behaviors can happen really fast.

(Twenty-one species adapted to disappear in the snow. Then, the snow disappeared, National Science Foundation)

Males with this disorder may have larger than normal breasts, a lack of facial and body hair, a rounded body type, and small testicles.

(Klinefelter syndrome, NCI Dictionary)