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How to sign: a structure supporting or containing something
Similiar / Same: framing, framework
Categories: supporting structure
Within this category: airframe, arbor, bustle, casing, climbing frame, clotheshorse, coaming, cornice, deckle, derrick, doorframe, fender, gantry, grate, grill, gun carriage, handbarrow, hayrack, honeycomb, lattice, mounting, oxbow, picture frame, rack, ribbing, sash, sawhorse, stretcher, tambour, tenter, truss, undercarriage, walker, walker, wattle, window, window frame
How to sign: alternative names for the body of a human being
"Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak";
Similiar / Same: human body, physical body, material body, bod, chassis, build, figure, physique, anatomy, flesh, soma, shape, form
Categories: body, organic structure, physical structure
Within this category: adult body, female body, juvenile body, male body, person
How to sign: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
Similiar / Same: skeletal system, systema skeletale, skeleton
Categories: system
Within this category: endoskeleton, exoskeleton