Definition of 'body clock'
Word forms: plural body clocks
countable noun [usually singular]
Your body clock is the internal biological mechanism which causes your body to automatically behave
in particular ways at particular times of the day.
Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time
change.
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Word Frequency
body clock in British
(ˈbɒdɪ klɒk)noun
an internal biological mechanism which causes the body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day
Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time
change.
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Word Frequency
body clock in American
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Used Rarely. body clock is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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