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sol·id 
[sol-id] Pronunciation Key
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[sol-id] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to bodies or figures of three dimensions. |
| 3. | having the interior completely filled up, free from cavities, or not hollow: a solid piece of chocolate. |
| 4. | without openings or breaks: a solid wall. |
| 5. | firm, hard, or compact in substance: solid ground. |
| 6. | having relative firmness, coherence of particles, or persistence of form, as matter that is not liquid or gaseous: solid particles suspended in a liquid. |
| 7. | pertaining to such matter: Water in a solid state is ice. |
| 8. | dense, thick, or heavy in nature or appearance: solid masses of cloud. |
| 9. | not flimsy, slight, or light, as buildings, furniture, fabrics, or food; substantial. |
| 10. | of a substantial character; not superficial, trifling, or frivolous: a solid work of scientific scholarship. |
| 11. | without separation or division; continuous: a solid row of buildings. |
| 12. | whole or entire: one solid hour. |
| 13. | forming the whole; consisting entirely of one substance or material: solid gold. |
| 14. | uniform in tone or shades, as a color: a solid blue dress. |
| 15. | real or genuine: solid comfort. |
| 16. | sound or reliable, as reasons or arguments: solid facts. |
| 17. | sober-minded; fully reliable or sensible: a solid citizen. |
| 18. | financially sound or strong: Our company is solid. |
| 19. | cubic: A solid foot contains 1728 solid inches. |
| 20. | written without a hyphen, as a compound word. |
| 21. | having the lines not separated by leads, or having few open spaces, as type or printing. |
| 22. | thorough, vigorous, great, big, etc. (with emphatic force, often after good): a good solid blow. |
| 23. | firmly united or consolidated: a solid combination. |
| 24. | united or unanimous in opinion, policy, etc. |
| 25. | on a friendly, favorable, or advantageous footing (often prec. by in): He was in solid with her parents. |
| 26. | Slang. excellent, esp. musically. |
| 27. | a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness). |
| 28. | a solid substance or body; a substance exhibiting rigidity. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L solidus]
] —Related forms
sol·id·ly, adverb
sol·id·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. cubic. 5. dense. See firm1. 6. cohesive, firm. 9. sound. 11. unbroken. 18. solvent. 22. strong.
—Antonyms 1. flat. 6. loose. 11, 24. divided.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| sol·id
(sŏl'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj. sol·id·er, sol·id·est
n.
adv.
[Middle English solide, from Old French, from Latin solidus; see sol- in Indo-European roots.] sol'id·ly adv., sol'id·ness n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
solid (adj.)
solid (adj.)
1391, from O.Fr. solide "firm, dense, compact," from L. solidus "firm, whole, entire" (related to salvus "safe"), from PIE base *sol- "whole" (cf. Gk. holos "whole," L. salus "health;" see safe (adj.)). Slang sense of "wonderful, remarkable" first attested 1920 among jazz musicians. The noun is recorded from 1495. Solid South in U.S. political history is attested from 1858. Solidify is from 1799 (trans.), 1837 (intrans.). Solid state as a term in physics is recorded from 1953; meaning "employing transistors (as opposed to vacuum tubes)" is from 1959.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| solid | |
adjective | |
| 1. | characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit" |
| 2. | of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state" [ant: liquid, gaseous] |
| 3. | entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "a solid block of wood" [ant: hollow] |
| 4. | of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock" |
| 5. | uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water" |
| 6. | providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" [syn: hearty] |
| 7. | of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" |
| 8. | not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground" [syn: firm] |
| 9. | having three dimensions; "a solid object" |
| 10. | impenetrable for the eye; "solid blackness" |
| 11. | financially sound; "the bank is solid and will survive this attack" |
| 12. | of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial; "work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts" |
| 13. | meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community" [syn: upstanding] |
| 14. | of the same color throughout; "solid color" |
| 15. | acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" |
noun | |
| 1. | matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure |
| 2. | 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 |
| 3. | a three-dimensional shape |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
solid
solid
A phase of matter characterized by the tight locking of atoms into rigid structures that resist deforming by outside forces.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
solid sol·id (sŏl'ĭd)
adj.
- Of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous.
- Firm or compact in substance.
- Having no internal cavity or hollow.
- A solid substance, body, or tissue.
- Food that is relatively firm in substance or that must be chewed before swallowing.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Solid
Sol"id\, a. [L. solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, Gr. ???: cf. F. solide. Cf. Consolidate,Soda, Solder, Soldier, Solemn.]1. 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. 2. Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy. 3. (Arith.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. Note: In this sense, cubics now generally used. 4. Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall. 5. Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened. 6. Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer. --Milton. These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. --Dryden. The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem. --J. A. Symonds. 7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. --I. Watts. 8. (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. 9. (Metaph.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter. 10. (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. 11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.] Solid angle. (Geom.) See under Angle. Solid color, an even color; one not shaded or variegated. Solid green. See Emerald green (a), under Green. Solid measure (Arith.), a measure for volumes, in which the units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches. Solid newel (Arch.), a newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under Hollow, a. Solid problem (Geom.), a problem which can be construed geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a conic section or of two conic sections. --Hutton. Solid square (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal. Syn: Hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound; real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave; important. Usage: Solid, Hard. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft. Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised. --Shak. I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground. --Dryden.
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Solid
Sol"id\, n. 1. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid. 2. (Geom.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See Revolution, n., 5.
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