Solid
['sɒlɪd] or ['sɑlɪd]
Definition
(noun.) a three-dimensional shape.
(noun.) the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape.
(noun.) matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure.
(adj.) uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; 'a solid line across the page'; 'solid sheets of water' .
(adj.) impenetrable for the eye; 'solid blackness' .
(adj.) having three dimensions; 'a solid object' .
(adj.) acting together as a single undiversified whole; 'a solid voting bloc' .
(adj.) characterized by good substantial quality; 'solid comfort'; 'a solid base hit' .
(adj.) of one substance or character throughout; 'solid gold'; 'carved out of solid rock' .
(adj.) of the same color throughout; 'solid color' .
(adj.) of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial; 'work of solid scholarship'; 'based on solid facts' .
(adj.) of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; 'ice is water in the solid state' .
(adj.) entirely of one substance with no holes inside; 'a solid block of wood' .
(adj.) financially sound; 'the bank is solid and will survive this attack' .
(adj.) of good quality and condition; solidly built; 'a solid foundation'; 'several substantial timber buildings' .
Checked by Flossie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.
(a.) Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
(a.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
(a.) Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
(a.) Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
(a.) Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
(a.) Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.
(a.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
(a.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
(a.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
(a.) United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.
(n.) A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
(n.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
Typed by Larry
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Hard, firm, not fluid, not liquid.[2]. Dense, compact, not hollow.[3]. Strong, substantial, stable, sound, stout.[4]. Real, true, valid, just, weighty, important, grave, not frivolous, not fallacious.
Inputed by Hodge
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hard, firm, compact, resistant, dense, substantial, weighty, strong, valid,just, sound, impenetrable, stable, cubic
ANT:Soft, hollow, yielding, frail, brittle, flimsy, elastic, resilient, malleable,impressible, fluid, liquid, frivolous, light, trifling, weak, invalid, unsound,fallacious, weakly
Inputed by Dennis
Definition
adj. having the parts firmly adhering: hard: compact: full of matter: not hollow: strong: having length breadth and thickness (opposed to a mere surface): cubic: substantial reliable worthy of credit satisfactory: weighty: of uniform undivided substance: financially sound wealthy: unanimous smooth unbroken unvaried.—n. a substance having the parts firmly adhering together: a firm compact body—opp. to Fluid.—ns. Solidā′go a genus of composite plants the goldenrods; Solidare sol′idār (Shak.) a small piece of money; Solidar′ity the being made solid or compact: the being bound: a consolidation or oneness of interests.—adj. Sol′idary marked by solidarity jointly responsible.—v.t. Sol′idate to make solid or firm.—adj. Solid′ifiable.—n. Solidificā′tion act of making solid or hard.—v.t. Solid′ify to make solid or compact.—v.i. to grow solid: to harden:—pa.p. solid′ified.—ns. Sol′idism the doctrine that refers all diseases to alterations of the solid parts of the body; Sol′idist a believer in the foregoing; Solid′ity the state of being solid: fullness of matter: strength or firmness moral or physical: soundness: (geom.) the solid content of a body.—adv. Sol′idly.—n. Sol′idness.—Solid colour a colour covering the whole of an object: a uniform colour; Solid matter (print.) matter set without leads between the lines.—Be solid for (U.S.) to be hearty or unanimous in favour of; Be solid with (U.S.) to have a firm footing with.
Editor: Rhoda
Examples
- Nobody got enough to eat; the bedclothes were too short and too thin; it was 28 degrees below zero, and the wash-water was frozen solid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Something more solid and homely she would have considered beaucoup plus convenable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the midst of all this magnificence, the solid gold and silver furniture of the altar seemed cheap and trivial. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As she said it, she unconsciously closed her hand, as if upon a solid object, and slowly opened it as though she were releasing dust or ash. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He thinks I am perfect: furnished with all sorts of sterling qualities and solid virtues, such as I never had, nor intend to have. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- So that, from the doorway of the _Ayuntamiento_, looking across the plaza, one coming out would see two solid lines of people waiting. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And the solid brick walls are seven feet through. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The molecules of solid bodies cannot escape so readily as those of liquids and gases, and do not travel far. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tainter, who in 1886 patented in the United States means of cutting or engraving the sound waves in a solid body. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Your observations on what you have lately read concerning insects is very just and solid. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And now, Watson, not another word of the matter until we have a few solid stepping-stones on which we may hope to get across to our solution. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But their solid carvings are at least as old as their first pictures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And now suppose this Repast, the solid part of it, transacted; and the first bottle over. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At No. 12 a tumbler of whiskey is frozen solid by immersing a tube containing liquid air in it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Rub the solids in a mortar until they liquefy, then add the oil of peppermint. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Not only liquids are affected by heat and cold, but solids also are subject to similar changes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Glass, water and other solids and fluids each have different powers of refraction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We see therefore that sound can be transmitted to the ear by solids, liquids, or gases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the Universities political movements are generally regarded as essentially static, cut and dried solids to be judged by their logical consistency. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The gases which had made the odor in the first place were then taken out in the form of solids, simply by evaporating the water away. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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