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Meaning of solid in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈsɑləd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    solid

    Definitions

    1. of good substantial quality

    Examples

    • « solid comfort »
    • « a solid base hit »

    Synonyms

    • good
  2. 2. of one substance or character throughout

    Examples

    • « solid gold »
    • « a solid color »
    • « carved out of solid rock »

    Synonyms

    • homogeneous
    • homogenous
  3. 3. uninterrupted in space

    Examples

    • « having no gaps or breaks »
    • « a solid line across the page »
    • « solid sheets of water »

    Synonyms

    • unbroken
  4. 4. providing abundant nourishment

    Examples

    • « a hearty meal »
    • « good solid food »
    • « ate a substantial breakfast »

    Synonyms

    • wholesome
  5. 5. of good quality and condition

    Examples

    • « solidly built »
    • « a solid foundation »
    • « several substantial timber buildings »

    Synonyms

    • sound
  6. 6. having high moral qualities

    Examples

    • « a noble spirit »
    • « a solid citizen »
    • « an upstanding man »
    • « a worthy successor »

    Synonyms

    • honorable
    • honourable
  7. 7. not soft or yielding to pressure

    Examples

    • « a firm mattress »
    • « the snow was firm underfoot »
    • « solid ground »

    Synonyms

    • hard
  8. 8. having three dimensions

    Examples

    • « a solid object »

    Synonyms

    • cubic
    • three-dimensional
  9. 9. incapable of being seen through

    Examples

    • « solid blackness »

    Synonyms

    • opaque
  10. 10. entirely of a single color throughout

    Examples

    • « a solid fabric »

    Synonyms

    • plain
    • unpatterned
  11. 11. acting together as a single undiversified whole

    Examples

    • « a solid voting bloc »

    Synonyms

    • undiversified
    • unvaried
  12. Noun

    solid

    Definitions

    1. a substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure
  13. 2. the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress

    Examples

    • « resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it »
    • « and retains a definite size and shape »
  14. 3. a three-dimensional shape
  15. Qualitative Adjective

    solid

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from Latin solidus; related to salvus‘safe’ and sollus‘entire’

    Definitions

    1. of definite shape and volume

    Examples

    • « firm »
    • « neither liquid nor gaseous »
    • « ice is water in the solid state »

    Synonyms

    • coagulated
    • solidified
    • concrete
    • congealed
    • jelled
    • jellied
    • dry
    • semisolid
    • solid-state
    • solid-state

    Antonyms

    • liquid
    • gaseous
  16. 2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside

    Examples

    • « solid silver »
    • « a solid block of wood »

    Synonyms

    • massive
    • unhollowed

    Antonyms

    • hollow

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