solid
Other forms: solids; solidest
A solid, as opposed to a liquid or gas, has a size and shape to it. It doesn't flow like water or disappear into the air.
At first glance, solid appears to be a simple word, but it really offers shades of meaning. A solid friend is dependable. If you give a solid performance, it was very good, though not quite great. Likewise, if you achieve a solid win, you win by a large, but not huge, majority. In a less figurative use, if a piece of chocolate is solid — as opposed to hollow — it is chocolate throughout.
Definitions of solid
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not soft or yielding to pressure
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of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous“ice is water in the solid state”
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hard
resisting weight or pressure
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coagulated, solidified
changed into a solid mass
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concrete
formed by the coalescence of particles
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congealed, jelled, jellied
congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling
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dry
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
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semisolid
partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid
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solid-state
consisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices
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solid-state
characteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids
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liquid
existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
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gaseous
existing as or having characteristics of a gas
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fluid, runny
characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
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liquefiable, liquifiable
capable of being liquefied
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liquefied, liquified
reduced to a liquid state
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semiliquid
somewhat liquid
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watery
relating to or resembling or consisting of water
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aeriform, airlike
resembling air or having the form of air
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aerosolised, aerosolized
in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas
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evaporated
drawn off in the form of vapor
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gasified, vaporized, vapourised, volatilised, volatilized
converted into a gas or vapor
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gassy
resembling gas
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vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish, vapourous
resembling or characteristic of vapor
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hard
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having three dimensions“a solid object”
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cubic, three-dimensional
having three dimensions
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cubic, three-dimensional
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the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
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synonyms:
solid state, solidness
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type of:
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state, state of matter
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
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state, state of matter
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matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
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food, solid food
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
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precipitate
a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
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plastic
generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
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glass
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
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crystal
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
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powder, pulverisation, pulverization
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
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dry ice
solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant
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vitrification
a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified
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leftovers
food remaining from a previous meal
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fresh food, fresh foods
food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking
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convenience food
any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating
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chocolate
a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
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baked goods
foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
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loaf
a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
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meat
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
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alimentary paste, pasta
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
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health food
any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health
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junk food
food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value
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breakfast food
any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast
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garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce
fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
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coconut, coconut meat
the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
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dika bread
somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples
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fish
the flesh of fish used as food
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seafood
edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
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butter
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
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yoghourt, yoghurt, yogurt
a custard-like food made from curdled milk
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cheese
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
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slop
(usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
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flake, snowflake
a crystal of snow
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diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist
small crystals of ice
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sludge
the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
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ABS, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
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Mylar
a thin polyester film
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thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin
a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled
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thermosetting compositions, thermosetting resin
a material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded
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Bakelite
a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
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Teflon, polytetrafluoroethylene
a material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided
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Vinylite
any of various vinyl resins
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resinoid
a plastic containing resins
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gem, gemstone, stone
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
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amino plastic, amino resin, aminoplast
a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles
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cellulosic
a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose)
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coumarone resin, coumarone-indene resin
a thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumarone; used in coatings and paint and asphalt tile
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fluorocarbon plastic
a plastic made with fluorocarbon
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natural glass
magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly
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milk glass, opal glass
a milky white translucent or opaque glass
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optical glass
clear homogeneous glass of known refractive index; used to make lenses
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crown glass
a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk
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soft glass
glass having a relatively low softening point
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ground glass
glass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching
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ground glass
particulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive
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lead glass
glass containing lead oxide; has a high refractive index
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laminated glass, safety glass, shatterproof glass
glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering
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sodium silicate, soluble glass, water glass
a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
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stained glass
glass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows
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wire glass
a glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it
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twins
(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other
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ice, water ice
water frozen in the solid state
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phenolic plastic, phenolic urea
a plastic consisting of phenolic resins
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polyester
a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer
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polypropene, polypropylene
a polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material
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polyvinyl-formaldehyde
a polymer of vinyl formaldehyde
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Pyrex
a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
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silicone resin
a polymeric silicone compound
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vinyl
shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
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matter
that which has mass and occupies space
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a three-dimensional shape
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convex shape, convexity
a shape that curves or bulges outward
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concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
a shape that curves or bends inward
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cylinder
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
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polyhedron
a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
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toroid
the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
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cast, mold, mould, stamp
the distinctive form in which a thing is made
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block, cube
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
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ovoid
an egg-shaped object
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frustum
a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed
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goldbrick
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
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roll
anything rolled up in cylindrical form
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roller
a cylinder that revolves
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umbo
a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
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camber
a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
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entasis
a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight
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dome
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
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fossa, pit
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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corner, niche, recess, recession
a small concavity
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anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, halo, ring
a toroidal shape
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convex polyhedron
a polyhedron any plane section of which is a convex polygon
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concave polyhedron
a polyhedron some of whose plane sections are concave polygons
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prism
a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
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bowl, trough
a concave shape with an open top
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pocket, scoop
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
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knob, node, thickening
any thickened enlargement
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depression, impression, imprint
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
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ridge
any long raised strip
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peak, point, tip
a V shape
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taper
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
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cup
any cup-shaped concavity
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indentation, indenture
a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
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pyramid
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
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tetrahedron
any polyhedron having four plane faces
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pentahedron
any polyhedron having five plane faces
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hexahedron
any polyhedron having six plane faces
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octahedron
any polyhedron having eight plane faces
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decahedron
any polyhedron having ten plane faces
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dodecahedron
any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
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icosahedron
any polyhedron having twenty plane faces
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Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solid, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron
any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
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truncated pyramid
a frustum formed from a pyramid
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truncated cone
a frustum formed from a cone
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prismatoid
a polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid
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trapezohedron
a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums
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projection
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
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of one substance or character throughout“solid gold”“carved out of solid rock”
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homogeneous, homogenous
all of the same or similar kind or nature
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homogeneous, homogenous
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of the same color throughout“solid color”
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self-colored, self-coloured
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homogeneous, homogenous
all of the same or similar kind or nature
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homogeneous, homogenous
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entirely of one substance with no holes inside“a solid block of wood”
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massive
being the same substance throughout
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hollow
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
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empty
holding or containing nothing
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cavernous
being or suggesting a cavern
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deep-set, recessed, sunken
having a sunken area
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fistular, fistulate, fistulous
hollow and tube-shaped like a reed
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cannular, tube-shaped, tubelike, tubular, vasiform
constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
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massive
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uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks“a solid line across the page”“solid sheets of water”
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unbroken
marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
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unbroken
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acting together as a single undiversified whole
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characterized by good substantial quality“solid comfort”“a solid base hit”
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good
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
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good
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of good quality and condition; solidly built“a solid foundation”
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strong, substantial
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sound
in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
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sound
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meriting respect or esteem
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synonyms:
upstanding
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respectable
characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
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respectable
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of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial“work of solid scholarship”“based on solid facts”
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serious
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
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serious
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providing abundant nourishment“good solid food”
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hearty, satisfying, square, substantial
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wholesome
conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
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wholesome
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impenetrable for the eye“solid blackness”
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opaque
not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
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opaque
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financially sound“the bank is solid and will survive this attack”
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sound
financially secure and safe
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sound
Pronunciation
US
/ˈsɑləd/
UK
/ˈsɔlɪd/
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