body text
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English
Noun
- Within a book or other document, the main portion of text, excluding the front matter and back matter.
- Most especially, the running text, exclusive of floats.
Synonyms
- body matter; see also Thesaurus:body matter
Coordinate terms
- (section of a book): front matter, back matter, plates
- (document elements in pagination): floats: figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament
- (types of text, most generally): see: text § Hyponyms
Translations
main portion of text
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Further reading
- “body text”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.