English
solid
see also: SOLID
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈsɒl.ɪd/
  • (America) enPR: sŏ'lĭd, IPA: /ˈsɑ.lɪd/
Etymology 1

From Middle English solide, borrowed from Old French solide, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Indo-European , suffixed form of root *solh₂-.

Adjective

solid

  1. (of an object or substance) 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.
  2. Large in size, quantity, or value.
    Synonyms: massive, substantial
  3. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
    solid gold
    solid chocolate
    • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery ↗”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC ↗; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831 ↗, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
      The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
  4. Strong or unyielding.
    a solid foundation
  5. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
    That's a solid plan.
    Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
    I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.
  6. Hearty; filling.
    a solid meal
  7. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
    • 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call'd England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC ↗:
      the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer
    • 1675, John Dryden, “To the Right Honourable, John, Earl of Mulgrave, [… ↗]”, in Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC ↗:
      Theſe are they, who wanting Wit, affect Gravity, and go by the name of Solid men: and a ſolid man is, in plain English, a ſolid, ſolemn Fool.
    • 1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning
      The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.
  8. Financially well off; wealthy.
  9. Sound; not weak.
    a solid constitution of body
  10. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
    Synonyms: closed, closed up
    Coordinate term: hyphenation (noun)
    American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
  11. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
  12. (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
    The delegation is solid for a candidate.
  13. Of a single color throughout.
    John painted the walls solid white.
    He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
  14. (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
    The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
  15. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
    A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
  16. (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
    Coordinate terms: loose, stacked
Translations Translations Translations Translations Translations Translations Translations Translations Adverb

solid

  1. Solidly.
    • 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XLIV, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC ↗, page 306 ↗:
      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!"
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC ↗:
      She was telling Bobbie about the time when Boko Fittleworth was trying to ingratiate himself with your Uncle Percy, and you very sportingly offered to go and call your Uncle Percy a lot of offensive names, so that Boko, hovering outside the door, could come in and stick up for him, thus putting himself in solid with him.
  2. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
    Many long-established compounds are set solid.
Etymology 2

From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum.

Noun

solid (plural solids)

  1. (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).
  2. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
  3. (informal) A favor.
    Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
    I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
  4. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
    I prefer solids over paisleys.
  5. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
    The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
Translations Translations Translations
  • Italian: tinta unita
SOLID
Pronunciation
  • (America) enPR: sŏl'ĭd, IPA: /ˈsɑlɪd/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈsɒlɪd/
Noun

solid

  1. (programming, object-oriented) 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.


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