body-builder
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of bodybuilder (“one who builds a muscular physique”).
noun
Something that is beneficial to the body.
Example Sentences
- "An excellent example, showing the possibility of the development of the muscles of the back, which are commonly neglected, is that of Professor Robert J. Roberts, the noted body-builder now connected with the gymnasium of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Boston."
- "The Gymnasium prospectus may have reached you before this meets your eye; at all events we hope you will give it a careful perusal, and mentally resolve to join the host of body-builders that is growing in numbers every day."
- "Leonard DaLuz, a 26-year-old muscular body-builder, was crowned “Mr. Rock Hill” to highlight the 1961 Rock Hill Weight Lifting Championships and physique contest Saturday night at the Stadium Hut."
- "AMONG the muscular body-builders in the first-floor Newcastle gymnasium, Neville Jason, dark, slim and smelling just slightly of after shave, looked very out of place."
- "Compare him to Christopher Reeve of the modern Superman movies, who was sculpted like a body-builder."
- "Do not imagine I am not in sympathy with the game. I am, most heartily, with this and most out-of-door sports. I am only combating a prevailing belief that they are beneficial body-builders."