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.