body type

Ectomorph or mesomorph

Body type is a classification of human physique based on build, proportions, and fat distribution.

Common systems include ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph, though these categories oversimplify natural variation.

The term appears in fitness contexts What's the best workout for my body type? and fashion This dress flatters every body type.

In typography, body type refers to the main text of a document, as distinct from headlines or display fonts.

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long and lean · pear · apple · broad · narrow · thick · swimsuit model · solid · statuesque · plus size · dad bod · lithe

Categories
Opposites
build size

body typepetite

Small and delicate

hulking · slight · slender · willowy · stocky

muscularity

body typemuscular

Having well-developed sinews

athletic · toned · ripped · buff · brawny

somatotype classification

body typeectomorph

Slight, linear body classification

endomorph · mesomorph · apple-shaped · pear-shaped · hourglass

Family

body, type, bodies, bodied, bodily, embody, embodied, embodiment, embodying

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