wide-bodiedadj.
/wʌɪdˈbɒdɪd/, /ˈwʌɪdbɒdɪd/, U.S. /ˌwaɪdˈbɑdid/, /ˈwaɪdˌbɑdid/ 1. Of a thing (esp. a vehicle): having a wide body. Now esp. of an airliner: having a wide fuselage; = wide-body adj. 1.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > type of jet aircraft
jet ski1948
wide-body1967
wide-bodied1970
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 233/2 Their upper Uestment is a wide Bodied Coat or Gown, with Sleeves open in the middle.
1811 Repertory of Arts 2nd Ser. 18 275 The utility of wide-bodied carts must be obvious.
1850 J. L. McConnel Grahame ii. iv. 121 A variety of long-necked and wide-bodied bottles and decanters.
1914 Engin. Mag. Nov. 170/2 A large, wide-bodied motor truck fitted up with an assortment of machine tools.
1970 Times 4 Sept. (Aviation Suppl.) p. i/4 About £200m. is being requested to get the proposed BAC 3-11 wide-bodied, 250-seater subsonic airliner off the ground.
1993 Down East Aug. 81/2 ‘Sportyaks’, a cross between a wide-bodied, inflatable kayak and a floating lawn chair.
2010 Independent 3 Apr. (Traveller section) 3/5 Plenty of empty wide-bodied Boeings flew in and out of Heathrow.
2. Of a person or animal: having a wide, large, or heavily built body.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]
stalworthc1175
thicka1250
stubblea1300
quarryc1300
stalworthyc1300
stoura1350
sturdyc1386
buirdlya1400
squarec1430
couragec1440
craskc1440
substantialc1460
ample1485
stalwart1508
puddinga1540
full-bodied1588
robust1666
two-handed1687
swankinga1704
strapping1707
broad-set1708
thick-set1724
throddy?1748
thick-bodied1752
broad-built1771
junky1825
swankie1838
stodgy1854
wide-bodied1854
beefish1882
hunky1911
buff1982
buffed1986
1854 Weekly Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 15 Mar. 8/1 I was answered by a short, wide-bodied Frenchman with short bowing legs.
1879 Amer. Agriculturalist Aug. 299/2 An English farm cart with its one broad-footed, big-boned, wide-bodied cart-horse.
1969 E. D. McKee in Colorado River Region & John Wesley Powell 55/2 Some animals were short-limbed and wide bodied.
1997 Weekly World News 3 June 4/2 Paring off 40 pounds won't be easy for wide-bodied Bill.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Aug. ii. 22/4 ‘Imagine how many thugs like flowers,’ she said, breaking into laughter as she conjured an image of a wide-bodied thug tending a greenhouse.
3. In tennis and other racket sports: (of a racket) having a thick frame.
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1988 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Aug. 16/2 Using a new wide-bodied Yonex racquet that she is testing, Navratilova showed brief touches of rust from lack of match play.
1996 Computer-aided Engin. July 9/4 An increase in racket length..delivers 14% more power than standard wide-bodied rackets.
2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 July c1 Howard Head..invented..the wide-bodied tennis racket.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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