bodywork

English

Etymology

From body +‎ work.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bodywork (usually uncountable, plural bodyworks)

1. (uncountable) The exterior body of a motor vehicle.

   Synonym: auto body (countable)

   Hyponym: car body (countable)

   That's some extremely shiny bodywork.

2. The repair of such a body.

   Synonym: auto body

   There's a lot of bodywork still left to be done.

3. The application of physical therapy as a preventive measure.
4. A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
   • 2011, Michael D. Smith, Christian Grov, In The Company of Men, page 15:

     Men providing massage and bodywork exemplify a gray zone between a legal personal service and a sexualized encounter forbidden by law in most of the United States.

Translations

exterior body of a motor vehicle

• Bulgarian: каросерия (bg) f (karoserija)
• Catalan: buc (ca) m
• Danish: karrosseri (da) n, karosse n, karrosse n
• Finnish: kori (fi)
• French: carrosserie (fr) f
• German: Karosserie (de) f
• Hungarian: karosszéria (hu), kocsiszekrény (hu)
• Japanese: 車体 (ja) (shatai)
• Manx: bleayst f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karosseri (no) n

  Nynorsk: karosseri n

• Portuguese: carroçaria (pt) f, lataria (pt) f
• Spanish: carrocería (es) f
• Swedish: kaross (sv)

repair of the exterior body of a motor vehicle

• Finnish: korityö
• French: carrosserie (fr) f
• Italian: carrozzeria (it) f
• Polish: blacharstwo (pl) n

application of physical therapy

• Hungarian: testmunka
• Spanish: terapia física f

See also

• body shop
• bodystyle (automotive)