SOLID
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solid¹
- /ˈsɒl.ɪd/ Canada, UK
- /ˈsɑ.lɪd/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlɪd
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more solid · solider · most solid · solidest
- That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma. Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
- Appreciably large in size, quantity, or value. Almost a quarter of a million copies is really a solid number for today's record industry. In fact, that number is more than the last two number one albums
- Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials. solid gold
- Strong or unyielding. a solid foundation
- Continuous and heavy. He was covered in a fine mist by then, the night skies growing more saturated by the hour. It would be a nice, solid rain before long, he figured.
- Excellent, of high quality, or reliable. That's a solid plan.
- Hearty; filling. a solid meal
- Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious. the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer
- Financially well off; wealthy.
- Sound; not weak. a solid constitution of body
- Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens. American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
- Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
- United; without division; unanimous. The delegation is solid for a candidate.
- Of a single color throughout. John painted the walls solid white.
- United. […] the other acquired unlimited power over a solid kingdom. It would be tedious, and not very instructive, to follow the details of German public law during the middle ages : nor are the more important parts of it easily separable […]
- Intimately allied or friendly with. […] we thus succeeded in making ourselves "solid with the administration" before we had been in a town or village forty-eight hours. The next steps in our plan of campaign were, first, to forestall suspicion in the minds of the[…]
- Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed. The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
- Entire, complete. Loose and undisciplined the soldier lay, / Or lost in drink and game the solid day; / Porches and schools , design'd for public good, / Uncover'd, and with scaffolds cumber'd stood, / Or nodded, threatening ruin- […]
- Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic. A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
- Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
adverb more solid · most solid
- Solidly. True, not ten of these mines were yielding rock worth hauling to a mill, but everybody said, "Wait till the shaft gets down where the ledge comes in solid, and then you will see!"
- Without spaces or hyphens. Many long-established compounds are set solid.
solid²
- /ˈsɒl.ɪd/ Canada, UK
- /ˈsɑ.lɪd/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Doublet of solidum.
noun solids
- 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).
- A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
- A favor. Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
- An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout. I prefer solids over paisleys.
- Food which is not liquid-based. The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
SOLID³
- /ˈsɑlɪd/ US
- /ˈsɒlɪd/ UK
Sounds like solid · Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒlɪd
noun
- Acronym of single responsibility, open-closed, Liskov substitution, interface segregation and dependency inversion, a set of design principles promoting maintainability and extensibility.single responsibility
