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- pronunciation:
- sa
lihd
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
When something is solid, it is hard or firm. Water is not solid, but when water becomes ice, it becomes solid. When something is solid, you can measure how long, wide, and high it is.
When butter is cold, it's solid. When you melt it, it's not solid anymore.Cement is a liquid mixture that becomes solid as it dries.- similar words:
- physical
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| definition 2: |
When something is solid, it doesn't have any open space inside it. A ball of hard clay is solid, but balls that you play basketball or soccer with are not. They have empty space inside them. When something is solid, it is not hollow.
It takes longer to eat a solid chocolate bunny than a hollow one.- antonyms:
- hollow
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| definition 3: |
If a ring is made with solid gold, it means that the gold is completely gold and not mixed with anything else.
Most coins are not made of solid metal like gold or silver anymore. Coins are made of different metals mixed together now.- synonyms:
- pure
- similar words:
- entire, real, whole
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| definition 4: |
If a shirt is solid blue, the shirt is all blue. There are no other colors, and there are no patterns, like stripes or dots.
Mia's parents bought a striped couch and a solid blue chair for the living room.
- similar words:
- constant, deep, pure
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| related words: |
hearty, rigid, stiff, tight |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A solid is any thing or material that is not a liquid or a gas. A solid can be seen and touched, but it does not flow like a liquid or a gas.
Wood and steel are solids. Water is a liquid, and oxygen is a gas. |
| definition 2: |
In math, a solid is a figure that has length, depth, and height.
A cube is a solid. Cones and cylinders are solids too.
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| derivations: |
solidly (adv.), solidness (n.) |
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