solid
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2.5
- adjective
- /ˈsɑːlɪd/
:
continuo
- It's such a solid, well-designed job.
- a solid line
- solid and dotted lines
- solid black
They can run one solid strip of that TPL.
- They can run one solid strip of that TPL.
- Five blocks away there was this solid white dust.
- Is it like heathered or just solid heathered and then matching sweat shorts?
- Indeed, so many iconic dresses are just solid black.
Examples
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Five blocks away there was this solid white dust.
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He built a solid fence around his garden for protection against animals.
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These two metal rings are solid all the way through.
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The money was frozen solid in an ice chest.
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Beyond the grass fires, the trees were a solid wall of flames too intense to look at.
Fiction book (1992) -
The girl stood dressed in a long housecoat, solid black with large black buttons.
Fiction book (1993) -
The 2012 elections reinforced the reality of the Muslim-American population as a solid Democratic voting bloc.
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The sculpture was made of solid marble, ensuring its durability for generations.
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The classroom had solid walls that provided soundproofing from the noise outside.
Synonyms
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3.4
Having one color with no pattern
All the same color with no pattern
Very strong and not likely to break or change
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.5
Electronic devices that use solid materials like semiconductors instead of vacuum tubes
- Specialized
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4.4
A condition of a substance when it keeps its shape and does not flow, like rock or ice
- Specialized
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9.0
A 3D shape with all the same regular flat faces, like a cube or tetrahedron
- Specialized
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5.3
An area of physics that studies how solid materials behave with electricity, magnetism, and light
- Specialized
A three-dimensional shape with identical regular flat faces, like a cube
- Specialized
A solid metal in which atoms of other elements mix evenly into its structure
- Specialized
A three-dimensional shape whose faces are the same flat shapes with all sides equal and equal angles between them
- Specialized
Part of math about shapes that have length, width, and height like cubes, spheres, and pyramids
- Specialized
A rocket that uses solid fuel to make hot gas and push it forward
- Specialized
A solid mixture where atoms of one type go into another's crystal, like in alloys
- Specialized
A measure that shows how much space an object appears to take from a point in three dimensions
How Solid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Solid comes from the Latin solidus, meaning 'whole' or 'firm'. This helps you remember that a solid color, wall, or surface is one continuous piece without gaps or see-through parts.