solid
UK /ˈsɒl.ɪd/ · US /ˈsɑ.lɪd/ adjective, adverb, noun
Forms solider solidest solids
- adjective (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma. “Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.”
- adjective Appreciably large in size, quantity, or value.
- adjective Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials. “solid gold”
- adjective Strong or unyielding. “a solid foundation”
- adjective (of rain) Continuous and heavy.
- adjective (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable. “That's a solid plan.”
- adjective Hearty; filling. “a solid meal”
- adjective Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
- adverb Solidly.
- adverb (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens. “Many long-established compounds are set solid.”
- noun (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
- noun (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- noun (informal) A favor. “Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.”
- noun An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout. “I prefer solids over paisleys.”
- noun (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based. “The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.”
Synonyms
substantial considerable closed closed up solidness solid state hearty satisfying square strong firm upstanding self-colored self-coloured unanimous whole
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English solide, borrowed from Old French solide, from Latin solidus (“solid”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s (“entire”), suffixed form of root *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”). Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solidus, sou, and xu.
From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Doublet of solidum.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective 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.
- adjective Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a Ant: hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
- noun A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
- noun A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See Revolution, n., 5.
Etymology [L. solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, Gr. solide. Cf. Consolidate,Soda, Solder, Soldier, Solemn.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “solid”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details