'Solid' definitions:
Definition of 'solid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit"
adjective
Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state" [ant: gaseous, liquid]
adjective
Entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "a solid block of wood" [ant: hollow]
adjective
Of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock"
adjective
Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"
adjective
Providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" [syn: hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial]
adjective
Of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn: solid, strong, substantial]
adjective
Not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground" [syn: firm, solid]
adjective
Having three dimensions; "a solid object"
adjective
Impenetrable for the eye; "solid blackness"
adjective
Financially sound; "the bank is solid and will survive this attack"
adjective
Of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial; "work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts"
adjective
Meriting respect or esteem; "an upstanding member of the community" [syn: upstanding, solid]
adjective
Of the same color throughout; "solid color" [syn: solid, self-colored, self-coloured]
adjective
Acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole]
noun
Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
noun
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 [syn: solid, solidness, solid state]
noun
A three-dimensional shape
Definition of 'Solid'
From: GCIDE
- Solid \Sol"id\ (s[o^]l"[i^]d), 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Arith.) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In this sense, cubics now generally used. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. [1913 Webster]
- The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. [1913 Webster]
- 11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Solid'
From: GCIDE
- Solid \Sol"id\, n.
- 1. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geom.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. [1913 Webster]
- Solid of revolution. (Geom.) See Revolution, n., 5. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'solid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a certain,
- abiding,
- able to pay,
- ace-high,
- adamantine,
- agreeing,
- an,
- any,
- any one,
- appreciable,
- at one,
- at one with,
- atomic,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- bad,
- balanced,
- bang-up,
- binding,
- blank,
- block,
- body,
- bony,
- bonzer,
- boss,
- bristling,
- bulky,
- bully,
- but good,
- cake,
- calculable,
- carried by acclamation,
- cement,
- cemental,
- changeless,
- chock-full,
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- clump,
- cluster,
- cogent,
- compact,
- compacted,
- complete,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concordant,
- concrete,
- concretion,
- concurrent,
- condensed,
- congested,
- conglomerate,
- conglomeration,
- consentaneous,
- consentient,
- consistent,
- consolidated,
- constant,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- convincing,
- cool,
- corking,
- corneous,
- crackerjack,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- crawling,
- crowded,
- cubic,
- dandy,
- decent,
- delicious,
- dense,
- dependable,
- developed,
- diamondlike,
- downright,
- ducky,
- durable,
- dure,
- dynamic,
- effective,
- either,
- enduring,
- entire,
- estimable,
- exclusive,
- fab,
- faithful,
- faithworthy,
- fast,
- fiducial,
- fine and dandy,
- firm,
- firm as Gibraltar,
- firmly,
- fixed,
- flintlike,
- flinty,
- forceful,
- frozen,
- full,
- full-fledged,
- full-grown,
- full-scale,
- gear,
- genuine,
- global,
- gluey,
- good,
- good for,
- granitelike,
- granitic,
- great,
- groovy,
- hard,
- hard as nails,
- hardhearted,
- hardly,
- heavy,
- homogeneous,
- honest-to-God,
- horny,
- hot,
- hunky-dory,
- immobile,
- immutable,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- imperturbable,
- in agreement,
- in equilibrium,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- indisputable,
- individual,
- indivisible,
- infrangible,
- intact,
- integral,
- intensive,
- invincible,
- inviolate,
- iron-hard,
- ironlike,
- irreducible,
- irrefutable,
- jam-packed,
- jam-up,
- jammed,
- just,
- just dandy,
- keen,
- knot,
- lapideous,
- lasting,
- law-abiding,
- lawful,
- legal,
- legitimate,
- like-minded,
- lithoid,
- lithoidal,
- logical,
- lone,
- lump,
- made of iron,
- marble,
- marblelike,
- marvy,
- mass,
- massive,
- material,
- mature,
- matured,
- mean,
- mighty,
- monadic,
- monistic,
- neat,
- nifty,
- nobby,
- node,
- nonporous,
- obdurate,
- of a piece,
- of one accord,
- of one mind,
- OK,
- okay,
- one,
- osseous,
- out of sight,
- packed,
- palpable,
- peachy,
- peachy-keen,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- persuasive,
- ponderable,
- populous,
- potent,
- powerful,
- predictable,
- provable,
- proved,
- pure,
- quiescent,
- rational,
- real,
- reasonable,
- regular,
- reliable,
- remaining,
- resistant,
- resistive,
- rigid,
- ripe,
- ripping,
- rocklike,
- rocky,
- rugged,
- rum,
- satisfactory,
- satisfying,
- scrumptious,
- secure,
- self-consistent,
- sensible,
- serried,
- simple,
- single,
- singular,
- slap-up,
- smashing,
- sober,
- sole,
- solid body,
- solidly,
- solitary,
- solvent,
- something else,
- sound,
- spiffing,
- spiffy,
- stable,
- stalwart,
- static,
- stationary,
- staunch,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- steellike,
- steely,
- stonelike,
- stony,
- stout,
- straight,
- strong,
- stunning,
- sturdy,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- sufficient,
- sure,
- surefire,
- sustained,
- swarming,
- swell,
- tangible,
- teeming,
- telling,
- thick,
- thick-growing,
- thickset,
- thorough,
- three-dimensional,
- through-and-through,
- torpid,
- total,
- tough,
- true,
- true-blue,
- trustworthy,
- trusty,
- unabbreviated,
- unadulterated,
- unalloyed,
- unaltered,
- unanalyzable,
- unanimous,
- unbreakable,
- unbroken,
- unchallenged,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- uncontested,
- uncontradicted,
- uncontroverted,
- uncut,
- undestroyed,
- undiminished,
- undivided,
- unexpurgated,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- unflappable,
- unflinching,
- uniform,
- unindebted,
- uninterrupted,
- unique,
- unitary,
- unmixed,
- unopposed,
- unrelieved,
- unshakable,
- unshakeable,
- unshaky,
- unshifting,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unwavering,
- unyielding,
- upright,
- upstanding,
- valid,
- vigorous,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- weighty,
- well-balanced,
- well-built,
- well-constructed,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- well-made,
- whole,
- with one consent,
- with one voice,
- without nerves,
- wizard,
- worthy
Words containing 'Solid'
- Solidate,
- Solidism,
- Solidity,
- Solidly,
- Solidness,
- Similar solids,
- Solid angle,
- Solid color,
- Solid green,
- Solid locus,
- Solid measure,
- Solid newel,
- Solid of revolution,
- Solid problem,
- Solid square,
- Vertex of a solid,
- flat solid,
- ideal solid,
- platonic solid,
- solid figure,
- solid food,
- solid geometry,
- solid ground,
- solid solution,
- solid state,
- Solid of least resistance,
- Solid-drawn,
- primary solid solution,
- regular convex solid,
- solid body substance,
- solid-colored,
- solid-coloured,
- solid-hoofed,
- solid-state,
- solid-state physics