solid food
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- noun
- /ˈsɑːlɪd fuːd/
:
alimento sólido
- The doctor advised her to start introducing solid food to her baby's diet at six months.
- eating solid food
- dysphagia for solid foods
But I wasn't able to eat solid foods for a while.
- But I wasn't able to eat solid foods for a while.
- Then your baby is ready for solid food.
- Their microbiome is developing and then it explodes around six months of age when the child starts to introduce solid food.
- But Caleb, when I went from purees to solid food, one thing that I did do was I'd start with like breadsticks or carrot sticks and things like that and dips.
- And then, you know, you get into switching to solid food two to three years of age.
- I have Coco pops every single day for breakfast and I have done since I was like I don't know since I could eat solid foods probably.
Examples
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I started Claude on solid food at 4 months.
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By gradually feeding a variety of solid foods to their children, mothers could ease their dependence on the breast.
Academic text (1994) -
The kids are eating solid food now and it's hard to keep up with them.
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I was losing weight because I could no longer eat solid food.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm eating solid food again.
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They are not ready yet to eat solid food.
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His first solid food was a Belgian waffle.
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When babies transition to solid foods, iron-fortified foods are easily found in the supermarket.
Academic text (2005) -
The major challenge confronting cubs after weaning is obtaining enough solid food to survive and grow.
Academic text (1998) -
From that day, he eats more solid food—cooked and raw.
Fiction book (1995)
Antonyms
How Solid
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'food that is not liquid' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'solid' (not liquid) with 'food'. This straightforward adjectival composition is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English noun-modifier patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Solid food gives an image of food you can hold or chew, unlike a 'drink' you sip. It highlights solid items that you must 'chew' and 'swallow', so it means food that is 'not liquid' and is eaten rather than drunk.