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solid definition

solid (säl′id)

adjective

  1. tending to keep its form rather than to flow or spread out like a liquid or gas; relatively firm or compact
  2. filled with matter throughout; not hollow
    1. having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness prisms and other solid figures
    2. dealing with bodies or figures in three dimensions
    1. firm, strong, and dependable a solid structure
    2. substantial, sound, and reliable solid reasoning
    3. sturdy or vigorous a solid build, a solid punch
  5. serious; not superficial or trivial solid scholarship
  6. complete, thoroughgoing, or genuine solid satisfaction
    1. having no breaks or divisions a solid line of fortifications
    2. written or printed without a hyphen a solid compound
  8. characterized by no pauses or interruptions to talk for a solid hour
    1. of one or the same color, material, or consistency throughout a solid walnut table
    2. consisting of one unalloyed metal throughout; also, containing no more alloy than is necessary to insure hardness: said of gold, etc.
  10. ☆ characterized by or showing complete unity; unanimous a solid vote
  11. thick or dense in appearance or texture a solid fog
  12. firm or dependable a solid friendship
  13. ☆ Informal having a firmly favorable or good relationship to be in solid with someone
  14. Informal healthful and filling a solid meal
  15. ☆ Slang very good; excellent a solid dance band
  16. Printing set without spaces between the lines of type

Etymology: ME solide < MFr < L solidus < sollus, whole: see solemn

noun

  1. a substance that is solid, not a liquid or gas
  2. an object or figure having or represented as having length, breadth, and thickness

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solid Synonyms

solid

modif.

  1. Firm in position

    stable, fixed, rooted; see firm 1.

  2. Firm or close in texture

    compact, hard, substantial, dense; see firm 2, thick 1.

  3. Reliable

    dependable, trustworthy, steadfast; see reliable 1, 2.

  4. Continuous

    uninterrupted, continued, unbroken; see consecutive 1, regular 3. See syn. study at firm.


solid

n.

solid body, body, mass, three-dimensional shape, fixed shape.

Solids include: cube, cone, pyramid, cylinder, prism, sphere, tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, pentahedron.


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solid Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • suspend: Methods for removing suspended solids: screening and grit removal, sedimentation, filtration.

Preposition: at

  • temperature: Metal: is solid at room temperature, grayish in color w / a shiny surface and good conductor of heat and electricity.

Preposition: as

  • rock: As solid as the very rock beneath the feet of every traveler to visit this magic spot.

Adjective modifier

  • Platonic: The final three books are on solid geometry, and conclude with the construction and classification of the five Platonic solids.

Modifies a noun

  • foundation: Gravity dams are usually built on solid rock foundations.

Used with adjective complement

  • freeze: It's the leeks that I'm lifting this morning that are frozen solid.

Noun used with modifier

  • cocoa: White chocolate is milk chocolate with no cocoa matter ( i.e. no dark cocoa solids ).

Modifying Another Word

  • reassuringly: Despite a reassuringly solid weight for such a low slung compact frame it accelerates and holds speed superbly.

Preposition: in

  • defense: Belper started to get back into the game but Simon Maguire, Ellis Davis and Kegan Brewin were solid in defense.
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solid quotes

Glass is a thing in disguise, an actor, is not solid at all, but a liquid†an old sheet of glass will not only take on a royal and purplish tinge but will reveal its true liquid nature by having grown fatter at the bottom and thinner at thetop, and† It isinvisible, solid, in short a joyous and paradoxical thing, asgood a material as any tobuild a life from.

-Carey, Peter

To reform a world, to reform a nation no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

-Carlyle,Thomas

Theoretical webs, dirty webs, fusty webs, old and shrivelling away into nothingness, a fine dust.Who needs that kind of stuff. Far far better getting out into the open air and doing it, actually doing it, something solid and concrete and unconceptualisable.

-Kelman,James

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