Etymology : Middle English solide, from Middle French, from Latin solidus; akin to Greek holos whole; more at SAFE
Pronunciation : 'sä-l&d
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century
1. figure or object having three dimensions; substance that is not a liquid or a gas, substance exhibiting rigidity. three-dimensional; not liquid or gas, hard; having not interior cavities, not hollow; pure, unmixed; continuous; strong, stable; sound, reliable; united; unanimous; serious, substantial; thorough. solid\sol"id\ , a. [l. solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, gr. : cf. f. solide. cf. consolidate,soda, solder, soldier, solemn.].
2. 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.
3. not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
4. (arith.) having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.note: in this sense, cubics now generally used.
5. firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
6. applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
7. 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. these, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. the genius of the italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the germans had projected in a poem. a. symonds.
8. sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. watts.
9. (bot.) of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
10. (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.
11. (print.) not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
12. 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. utton.solid square (mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal.
13. 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.
14. Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
15. Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
16. Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
17. Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; opposed to hyphened.
18. Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
19. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.
20. Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
21. Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
22. Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
23. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.
24. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.
25. A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. a three-dimensional shape the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape a substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water" incapable of being seen through; "solid blackness" having three dimensions; "a solid object" acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" of good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit" of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "a solid color"; "carved out of solid rock" entirely of a single color throughout; "a solid fabric" of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state" entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "solid silver"; "a solid block of wood" of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings".
26. 1. A solid substance or object stays the same shape whether it is in a container or not. the potential of greatly reducing our solid waste problem He did not eat solid food for several weeks. ¡Ù liquid.
27. A solid is a substance that stays the same shape whether it is in a container or not. Solids turn to liquids at certain temperatures. the decomposition of solids. ¡Ù liquid.
28. A substance that is solid is very hard or firm. The snow had melted, but the lake was still frozen solid The concrete will stay as solid as a rock.
29. A solid object or mass does not have a space inside it, or holes or gaps in it. a tunnel carved through 50ft of solid rock. a solid mass of colour The car park was absolutely packed solid with people.
30. If an object is made of solid gold or solid wood, for example, it is made of gold or wood all the way through, rather than just on the outside. solid wood doors. solid pine furniture.
31. A structure that is solid is strong and is not likely to collapse or fall over. Banks are built to look solid to reassure their customers The car feels very solid. + solidly sol·id·ly Their house, which was solidly built, resisted the main shock. + solidity so·lid·ity the solidity of walls and floors.
32. approval If you describe someone as solid, you mean that they are very reliable and respectable. Mr Zuma had a solid reputation as a grass roots organiser. + solidly sol·id·ly Graham is so solidly consistent. + solidity so·lid·ity He had the proverbial solidity of the English.
33. Solid evidence or information is reliable because it is based on facts. We don't have good solid information on where the people are He has a solid alibi.
34. You use solid to describe something such as advice or a piece of work which is useful and reliable. The CIU provides churches with solid advice on a wide range of subjects All I am looking for is a good solid performance + solidly sol·id·ly She's played solidly throughout the spring.
35. You use solid to describe something such as the basis for a policy or support for an organization when it is strong, because it has been developed carefully and slowly. Washington's attempt to build a solid international coalition. = strong + solidly sol·id·ly The Los Alamos district is solidly Republican So far, majority public opinion is solidly behind the government. + solidity so·lid·ity doubts over the solidity of European backing for the American approach.
36. If you do something for a solid period of time, you do it without any pause or interruption throughout that time. We had worked together for two solid years. + solidly sol·id·ly People who had worked solidly since Christmas enjoyed the chance of a Friday off. see also:
rock-solid. One of the three basic states of matter. A solid forms from either a liquid or a gas (the other two states of matter) because, as the energy of the atoms decreases, they coalesce in the relatively ordered, three-dimensional structure of a solid. All solids have the ability to support loads applied either perpendicular (normal) or parallel (shear) to a surface. Solids can be crystalline (as in metals), amorphous (as in glass), or quasicrystalline (as in certain metal alloys), depending on the degree of order in the arrangement of the atoms. Platonic solid solid solution solid state device solid state physics.
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