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body text

noun

uncountable, of a book or other document The main portion of the text, excluding the front matter, the back matter and floats.
Similar: body matter

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noun main portion of text

中文	正文 zhèngwén
Français	corps du texte
Deutsch	Mengentext, Textkörper, Brottext, Haupttext
Tiếng Việt	chính văn

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@misc{body_text_2026,
  title = {body text},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/body%20text},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}