solid.
That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
Meaning & usage
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.
Appreciably large in size, quantity, or value.
Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
solid gold
solid chocolate
Strong or unyielding.
a solid foundation
Continuous and heavy.
Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
That's a solid plan.
Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
Hearty; filling.
a solid meal
Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
Financially well off; wealthy.
Sound; not weak.
a solid constitution of body
Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
United; without division; unanimous.
The delegation is solid for a candidate.
Of a single color throughout.
John painted the walls solid white.
He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
United.
Intimately allied or friendly with.
Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
Entire, complete.
Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s Proto-Italic *soliðos Latin solidusder. Old French solidebor. Middle English solide English solid 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.
Solidly.
Without spaces or hyphens.
Many long-established compounds are set solid.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s Proto-Italic *soliðos Latin solidusder. Old French solidebor. Middle English solide English solid 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.
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).
A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
A favor.
Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
I prefer solids over paisleys.
Food which is not liquid-based.
The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Doublet of solidum.
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