English Explanatory Dictionary

solid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
  2. Large in size, quantity, or value.
  3. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
  4. Strong or unyielding.
  5. Continuous and heavy.
  6. Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
  7. Hearty; filling.
  8. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
  9. Financially well off; wealthy.
  10. Sound; not weak.
  11. Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
  12. Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
adv
  1. Solidly.
  2. Without spaces or hyphens.
noun
  1. 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).
  2. A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
  3. A favor.
  4. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
  5. Food which is not liquid-based.
noun
  1. Acronym of single responsibility, open-closed, Liskov substitution, interface segregation and dependency inversion, a set of design principles promoting maintainability and extensibility.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒl.ɪd/ /ˈsɑ.lɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-solid.wav en-us-solid.ogg sŏl'ĭd /ˈsɑlɪd/ /ˈsɒlɪd/

Word forms

solid more solid solider most solid solidest solids

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

heavy-set massive substantial closed closed up

Derived words

booked solid equisolid half-solid on solid ground solid angle solid as a rock solid as Fort Knox solid as the Rock of Gibraltar solidbody solid compound solid-drawn solid emulsion solid hydrogen solidification solidish solidism solidist solidity solidly solid model solidness solid phase solid rocket solid shot solid slug solid sol solid solution solid-state solid state solid-state device solid-state drive solid syllabub solid torus solidungular solidungulate solifaction subsolid unsolid nonsolid quasi-solid quasisolid semisolid semi-solid Archimedean solid biosolid Catalan solid hypersolid Johnson solid Kepler solid nanosolid Platonic solid pseudosolid quantum solid solidlike solid of revolution Steinmetz solid supersolid sursolid

Translations

Albanian: ngurtë Arabic: صُلْب Arabic: جَامِد Armenian: պինդ Armenian: կարծր Azerbaijani: möhkəm Azerbaijani: bərk Belarusian: цвёрды Breton: solut Bulgarian: твърд Bulgarian: едноцветен Carpathian Rusyn: твердый Catalan: sòlid Chinese Cantonese: 固體 /固体 Chinese: 固體 /固体 Chinese Mandarin: 堅實 /坚实 Chinese Mandarin: 固體 /固体 Chinese Mandarin: 堅 /坚 Chinese Mandarin: 固 Chinese Mandarin: 纯色 Cornish: soled Czech: tuhý Danish: fast Dutch: vast Dutch: solide Dutch: effen Dutch: egaal Finnish: kiinteä Finnish: yksivärinen French: solide Galician: sólido Georgian: მყარი Georgian: მტკიცე Georgian: მაგარი German: fest German: einfarbig Greek: στερεός Ancient Greek: στερεός Hebrew: מוצק Hindi: ठोस Hungarian: szilárd Hungarian: egyszínű Icelandic: storkuhamur Indonesian: padat Irish: soladach Italian: solido Italian: tinta unita Japanese: 固体の Korean: 굳다 Korean: 단단하다 Lao: ແຂງ Latin: solidus Latvian: ciets Malay: pejal Malayalam: ഖര Manchu: ᡶᡳᠯᡳ Māori: tūmārō Māori: pakari Marathi: स्थायू
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