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Solid

adjective

1.

Characterized by good substantial quality. "A solid base hit"

2.

Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous. Antonyms: gaseous, liquid.

3.

Entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Antonym: hollow.

4.

Of one substance or character throughout. "Carved out of solid rock"

5.

Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks. "Solid sheets of water"

6.

Providing abundant nourishment. Synonyms: hearty, satisfying, square, substantial. "Good solid food" , "Ate a substantial breakfast" , "Four square meals a day"

7.

Of good quality and condition; solidly built. Synonyms: strong, substantial. "Several substantial timber buildings"

8.

Not soft or yielding to pressure. Synonym: firm. "The snow was firm underfoot" , "Solid ground"

9.

Having three dimensions.

10.

Impenetrable for the eye.

11.

Financially sound.

12.

Of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial. "Based on solid facts"

13.

Meriting respect or esteem. Synonym: upstanding.

14.

Of the same color throughout. Synonyms: self-colored, self-coloured.

15.

Acting together as a single undiversified whole. Synonyms: unanimous, whole.

noun

1.

Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure.

2.

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. Synonyms: solid state, solidness.

3.

A three-dimensional shape.

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... so that it was several yards long before it reached the surface. The snow underneath, they tramped hard; they battered their way through by pressing a good deal of the snow into solid walls on either side. When the roof at the end finally fell in on them, they found that it was still snowing steadily and the wind was pouring great sheets of it into the cut and heaping it yard upon yard over the roofs of the cars. They could barely see the top of the smokestack of the pusher ...

— Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp • Alice B. Emerson

... what great numbers there were that earnestly desired to alter the present state of affairs, and to introduce another manner of government. Upon this occasion, Pompey behaved not like a youth, or one of a light inconsiderate mind, but as a man of a confirmed, mature, and solid judgment; and so freed Rome from great fears and dangers of change. For he put all Sertorius's writings and letters together and read not one of them, nor suffered anyone else to read them, but burnt them all, and caused ...

— Plutarch's Lives • A.H. Clough

... beneath a young palm tree. And the thought struck him: "If this earth should be destroyed, what would become of me?" And at this very moment a ripe vilva fruit fell on a palm leaf. At the sound of it, the hare thought, "This solid earth is collapsing," and starting up he fled without so ...

— Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore • Laure Claire Foucher

... and independence to the position of senator; it gives assurance of stability in the national councils, and tends to secure for them confidence at home and respect abroad; it raises senators "above the whims and caprices of their constituents, so that they may consult their solid interests, rather than their ...

— Studies in Civics • James T. McCleary

... bone was only wasting before. How is this explained? On the simple principle that the bodily system can turn wheaten meal into all the elements wanted for good bodily health. Beef tea, soups, "fine things" of all descriptions, never on earth gave human beings solid strength, but in myriads of cases they have been successfully employed to take it away. Above all, they fail to ...

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