solid
That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.
Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
“solid chocolate”
Strong or unyielding.
“a solid foundation”
Adverb 2 meanings
Solidly.
Without spaces or hyphens.
“Many long-established compounds are set solid.”
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
Etymology
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.
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SOLID at a glance
SOLID has 5 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + L 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,871 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with solid
All rhymes- VALID9
- INVALID11
- SLID5
- EYELID10
- SQUALID17
- PALLID9
- CICHLID15
- STOLID7
- ANNELID8
- PSYLLID13
- SEMISOLID12
- OLID5
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