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Traditional English :: solid
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solid - adj. & n. --adj. (solider, solidest)
1 firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid (solid food; water becomes solid at 0ÛC).
2 of such material throughout, not hollow or containing cavities (a solid sphere).
3 of the same substance throughout (solid silver).
4 of strong material or construction or build, not flimsy or slender etc.
5 a having three dimensions. b concerned with solids (solid geometry).
6 a sound and reliable; genuine (solid arguments). b staunch and dependable (a solid Tory).
7 sound but without any special flair etc. (a solid piece of work).
8 financially sound.
9 (of time) uninterrupted, continuous (spend four solid hours on it).
10 a unanimous, undivided (support has been pretty solid so far). b (foll. by for) united in favour of.
11 (of printing) without spaces between the lines etc.
12 (of a tyre) without a central air space.
13 (foll. by with) US colloq. on good terms.
14 Austral. & NZ colloq. severe, unreasonable. --n. 1 a solid substance or body.
2 (in pl.) solid food.
3 Geom. a body or magnitude having three dimensions. solid angle an angle formed by planes etc. meeting at a point. solid colour colour covering the whole of an object, without a pattern etc. solid-drawn (of a tube etc.) pressed or drawn out from a solid bar of metal. solid solution solid material containing one substance uniformly distributed in another. solid state the state of matter that retains its boundaries without support. solid-state adj. using the electronic properties of solids (e.g. a semiconductor) to replace those of valves. solidly adv. solidness n. [ME f. OF solide f. L solidus, rel. to salvus safe, sollus entire] |
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Related Words
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metal
gear
twin
snake
cheat
substance
eater
walk
through
wood
book
case
brass
bell
carbon
dioxide
oxide
fuel
cell
collage
comforter
color
gold
dancer
data
recovery
state
edge
company
son
liberty
geometry
dog
food
logic
physics
platonic
record
relay
rivet
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Most Often Usage
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metal gear solid
metal gear solid the twin snake
metal gear solid 2 cheat
metal gear solid 2
metal gear solid 3
metal gear solid 2 substance
metal gear solid snake eater
metal gear solid 2 walk through
solid wood book case
solid brass bell
solid carbon dioxide
solid oxide fuel cell
metal gear solid collage 2
solid comforter
solid color comforter
solid gold dancer
data recovery solid state
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