(noun.)thestateinwhichasubstancehasnotendencytoflowundermoderatestress;resistsforces(suchascompression)thattendtodeformit;andretainsadefinitesizeandshape.
(noun.)matterthatissolidatroomtemperatureandpressure.
(adj.)uninterruptedinspace;havingnogapsorbreaks;'asolidlineacrossthepage';'solidsheetsofwater'.
(adj.)impenetrablefortheeye;'solidblackness'.
(adj.)havingthreedimensions;'asolidobject'.
(adj.)actingtogetherasasingleundiversifiedwhole;'asolidvotingbloc'.
(adj.)characterizedbygoodsubstantialquality;'solidcomfort';'asolidbasehit'.
(adj.)ofonesubstanceorcharacterthroughout;'solidgold';'carvedoutofsolidrock'.
(adj.)ofthesamecolorthroughout;'solidcolor'.
(adj.)ofasubstantialcharacterandnotfrivolousorsuperficial;'workofsolidscholarship';'basedonsolidfacts'.
(adj.)ofdefiniteshapeandvolume;firm;neitherliquidnorgaseous;'iceiswaterinthesolidstate'.
(adj.)entirelyofonesubstancewithnoholesinside;'asolidblockofwood'.
(adj.)financiallysound;'thebankissolidandwillsurvivethisattack'.
(adj.)ofgoodqualityandcondition;solidlybuilt;'asolidfoundation';'severalsubstantialtimberbuildings'.
(a.)Havingtheconstituentpartssocompact,orsofirmlyadhering,astoresisttheimpressionorpenetrationofotherbodies;havingafixedform;hard;firm;compact;--opposedtofluidandliquidortoplastic,likeclay,ortoincompact,likesand.
(a.)Nothollow;fullofmatter;as,asolidglobeorcone,asdistinguishedfromahollowone;notspongy;dense;hence,sometimes,heavy.
(a.)Havingallthegeometricaldimensions;cubic;as,asolidfootcontains1,728solidinches.
(a.)Firm;compact;strong;stable;unyielding;as,asolidpier;asolidpile;asolidwall.
(a.)Appliedtoacompoundwordwhosepartsarecloselyunitedandformanunbrokenword;--opposedtohyphened.
(a.)Fig.:Worthyofcredit,trust,oresteem;substantial,asopposedtofrivolousorfallacious;weighty;firm;strong;valid;just;genuine.
(a.)Sound;notweakly;as,asolidconstitutionofbody.
(a.)Ofafleshy,uniform,undividedsubstance,asabulborroot;notspongyorhollowwithin,asastem.
(a.)Impenetrable;resistingorexcludinganyothermaterialparticleoratomfromanygivenportionofspace;--appliedtothesupposedultimateparticlesofmatter.
(a.)Nothavingthelinesseparatedbyleads;notopen.
(a.)United;withoutdivision;unanimous;as,thedelegationissolidforacandidate.
(n.)Asubstancethatisheldinafixedformbycohesionamongitsparticles;asubstancenotfluid.
(n.)Amagnitudewhichhaslength,breadth,andthickness;apartofspaceboundedonallsides.
校对:拉里
a.[1].Hard,firm,notfluid,notliquid.[2].Dense,compact,nothollow.[3].Strong,substantial,stable,sound,stout.[4].Real,true,valid,just,weighty,important,grave,notfrivolous,notfallacious.
霍奇编辑
SYN:Hard,firm,compact,resistant,dense,substantial,weighty,strong,valid,just,sound,impenetrable,stable,cubic
ANT:Soft,hollow,yielding,frail,brittle,flimsy,elastic,resilient,malleable,impressible,fluid,liquid,frivolous,light,trifling,weak,invalid,unsound,fallacious,weakly