solid

IPA: sˈɑɫʌd

noun

  • (chemistry) 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).
  • (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
  • (informal) A favor.
  • An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
  • (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
  • (programming, object-oriented programming) Acronym of Single responsibility, Open-closed, Liskov substitution, Interface segregation and Dependency inversion. (When followed, the created system will be more likely easy to maintain, and extend over time.)

adjective

  • (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
  • Large in size, quantity, or value.
  • Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
  • Strong or unyielding.
  • (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
  • Hearty; filling.
  • Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
  • Financially well off; wealthy.
  • Sound; not weak.
  • (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
  • (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
  • (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
  • Of a single color throughout.
  • (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
  • (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
  • (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.

adverb

  • Solidly.
  • (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
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Examples of "solid" in Sentences

  • He felt the rubbery solidity.
  • The desk should be built solid.
  • The iron remained in the solid state.
  • The normal phase of radium is a solid.
  • The candidate is solid and trustworthy.
  • But the legitimacy of the story is solid.
  • The dried solid is obtained as an agglomerate.
  • The evidence presently in the article is solid.
  • The incompressibility of solids is not a consequence of degeneracy.
  • The enol form is more energetically stable in the solid phase and in solution.

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