solid1 adjectivesolid2 noun
solidsol‧id1 /ˈsɒlɪd $ ˈsɑː-/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective 
WORD ORIGINsolid1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French solide, from Latin solidusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Solid colors would be more flattering than stripes.
- a solid chocolate bunny
- a solid gold necklace
- a solid green background
- a company with a solid reputation
- After eight solid hours of driving, I was exhausted.
- During winter the lake became a solid block of ice.
- He rapped his knuckles against the body of the sink unit. It was as solid as a rock.
- I was so seasick that it was a relief to be back on solid ground.
- Is the baby eating solid foods yet?
- Nobody really wants to sit through four solid hours of someone else's wedding video.
- rows of solid little houses built of local stone
- The antiques dealer guessed that the furniture was Victorian and solid mahogany.
- The door was made of solid steel.
- The figure was carved out of a solid block of wood.
- The marchers were met by a solid wall of police officers.
- The table seemed solid enough, so I climbed up onto it.
- Wegman's writing combines solid reporting with a sense of humor.
- Already they've scaled up their fluid star-burst psychedelia into something that sounds more suited to outdoor festivals than stuffed solid mini-venues.
- For centuries people have scoured the solid ground in search of the causes of these catastrophic events.
- However, because of the two dithiadiazole functionalities at either end of the molecule, the solid state structure is polymeric rather than dimeric.
- She had it dribble with solid drops of wine.
- Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.
- The doors of the church seemed less solid than the doors of his father's house.
- This is solid work, the main essay in particular.
- We have reached a level at which you see a solid round of profit-taking.
THESAURUS
difficult to press down, break, or cut, and not at all soft: · I fell onto the hard stone floor.· The clay gets harder as it dries.
not completely hard, but not easy to press or bend – used especially when this seems a good thing: · I like to sleep on a firm mattress.· exercises to make your stomach muscles nice and firm· The pears were firm and juicy.
difficult to bend and not changing shape: · a piece of stiff cardboard· The collar of his shirt felt stiff and uncomfortable.
made of a thick hard material and not hollow: · a solid oak door· The floor felt strong and solid beneath her feet.
having a structure that is made of a material that is difficult or impossible to bend: · The tent is supported by a rigid frame.· Carry sandwiches in a rigid container.
used about food that is pleasantly hard, so that it makes a noise when you bite it – often used about things that have been cooked in thin slices until they are brown: · Bake the cookies until they are crisp and golden.· crispy bacon
food that is crunchy makes a noise when you bite on it – often used about things that are fresh, for example fruit, vegetables, and nuts: · a crunchy breakfast cereal· The carrots were still nice and crunchy.· a crunchy salad· crunchy peanut butter
meat that is tough is too hard and is difficult to cut or eat: · The meat was tough and flavourless.
too hard and bending like rubber rather than breaking – used especially about meat: · The chicken was all rubbery.
continuing for a long time without stopping, or happening many times in a way that is annoying or causes problems: · There has been a continual improvement in standards.· There were continual interruptions all day.· The couple were having continual arguments and they decided that the best thing to do was to split up.
continuing without stopping: · a continuous process of change· I've had six continuous hours of meetings.· The machines have remained in continuous service over the last six years without any problem.
used when saying that something does not stop or always stays the same, or that something keeps happening. Constant is often used about things that are worrying, frightening, or difficult: · There is a constant stream of water coming out of the ground.· The plane was traveling at a constant speed of 650 kilometres an hour.· The refugees live in constant fear of attack.· There is always the constant threat of war.· His illness makes life a constant struggle for him and his parents.· The photographs are a constant reminder (=something that makes you keep remembering something) of what happened in Bosnia.
[only before noun] continuing for a long time without anything stopping it – used especially when it is important for something to continue: · Women with small babies seldom get more than two or three hours of uninterrupted sleep.· The nation has enjoyed nine years of uninterrupted economic growth.· The system helps to maintain an uninterrupted flow of traffic.· an uninterrupted view of the mountains
adjective, adverb continuing for a long time without stopping – used especially about rain, journeys, work, or entertainment: · two days of nonstop rain· a nonstop flight to Tokyo· The concert will be seven hours of non-stop entertainment.· They worked non-stop.
if work or a situation is on-going, it will continue into the future, though there will be pauses in it: · The police said the investigation is on-going.· ongoing negotiations
[only before noun] used when emphasizing that you do something all through a period of time, with no breaks at all: · After eight solid hours of driving, I was exhausted.· It took two solid weeks of work to fix the tunnel.
Longman Language Activatorcontinuing for a long time continuing for a long time without stopping: · Although we nearly always need extra drivers, we cannot guarantee continuous employment.· CNN provided continuous coverage of the trial.· The campsites have had three decades of continuous use.
continuous and seeming to be there all the time: · He suffered constant pain in the months before his death.· A newborn baby needs constant care and attention.· The refugees lived in constant fear of being attacked.
something good or pleasant such as peace or sleep that is uninterrupted continues for a long time with no interruptions: · On average, two-year-old children need ten to twelve hours of uninterrupted sleep a night.· Banks need uninterrupted, 24-hour computer systems.
an on-going activity, situation, or piece of work is not intended to end at a definite time, but will continue into the future: · The police refused to comment on the on-going investigation.· We have a major on-going research programme into North Sea pollution.
continuing without stopping: · She's been driving non-stop for hours.· Make sure he does some homework -- he'll watch TV non-stop if you let him.
without stopping for a rest: · Victor talked for forty minutes without a break.· On average, the human mind cannot concentrate on spoken information for more than six minutes without a break.
if something unpleasant or unusual continues for hours, days, miles etc on end , it continues for that time, distance without stopping: · The rain had been falling for days on end.· In Siberia the temperature can stay more than twenty below freezing for months on end.
if someone works or does something for ten hours, three days etc at a stretch , they do it for that time without stopping, although this may be difficult or unusual: · A lion can lie on the same spot, without moving, for twelve hours at a stretch.· Doctors who are forced to work 36 hours at a stretch cannot possibly be fully efficient.
if you do something for two solid hours, three solid weeks etc you do it continuously for that period with no breaks at all: · After eight solid hours of driving, I was exhausted.· Nobody really wants to sit through four solid hours of someone else's wedding video.
every day, every week etc for a long time: · The fighting went on week after week and there seemed no end to it.· She sits at home day after day, waiting for a message from her husband.
if something happens day in, day out , it happens every day and is always the same, with the result that it becomes very boring: · Working in a factory involves the same routine day in, day out.· He wears an old brown jacket day in, day out.
when something does not change its shape or bend · That night I had to sleep on a hard stone floor.· I wish this chair wasn't so hard and uncomfortable.· Diamond is probably the hardest substance known to man.· As people age, their skin becomes harder and less supple.rock- hard (=very hard) · After several weeks without rain, the ground was rock-hard.as hard as something · A tiled floor in the kitchen is as hard as stone, and very cold beneath your feet.
something that is solid is made of thick hard material, is not hollow, and is difficult to damage or break: · The door was made of solid steel.· During winter the lake became a solid block of ice.
something that is firm is not completely hard, but does not change shape much when you press it - use this about things that are sometimes soft, for example fruit, muscles, or the ground: · I find I sleep better on a firm mattress.· These exercises are good for making your stomach muscles nice and firm.
something that is stiff keeps its shape and is not easy to bend: · To make the picture, you will need a sheet of stiff card.· The collar of his shirt felt stiff and uncomfortable.go stiff British: · The sheets outside on the washing line had gone stiff in the frost.
a material that is rigid is difficult or impossible to bend, and is often used to support something else: · The tent is made of strong canvas attached to a rigid frame.· Spoon the ice-cream into a rigid plastic container and freeze.
not mixed with anything else not mixed with anything else: · The bottle contained 4 litres of pure alcohol.· When it first comes out of the ground, the oil is not very pure.pure silk/wool/cotton: · Clothes made of pure cotton are much cooler than those made of mixed fibers.20%/50% etc pure: · Crude cocaine is only about 25 percent pure.
: solid gold/silver/pine etc made of gold, silver, wood etc that has not been mixed with any other metal or wood: · a solid gold necklace· The antiques dealer guessed that the furniture was Victorian and solid mahogany.
if something is 100% beef, 100% cotton etc, it is made only from beef or cotton, and has no other food or material added to it: · The label said '100% wool'.· The hamburgers at this restaurant are 100% beef.· a 100% graphite tennis racket
if you have a strong alcoholic drink neat or straight, you do not mix it with another drink or with water: · He always drinks his whisky neat.· I'll have a straight vodka please.
not mixed with other less pure substances: · Nowadays more and more people are choosing to buy unadulterated organic food, which has been grown without pesticides and chemicals.
when information, statements etc are based on real facts based on facts and not imagined: · No, honestly, It's a true story.· She says her parents arrived here as refugees, but I know that's not true.
based on things that can be proved to be true or real: · The police cannot arrest him until they have some solid evidence.· We had our suspicions, but no solid facts.· No one seems to have any concrete information about her.
firmly based on facts, able to be proved by being seen or experienced: tangible evidence/proof/results etc: · The discussions produced no tangible results.· There is no tangible evidence of dishonesty among the company's directors.
strong thing/material something that is strong cannot be broken or destroyed easily: · The bags are made of strong black plastic· You'll need a strong piece of rope for towing the car.· After full heat treatment, the alloy proved to be five times as strong as the pure aluminium.
a building or piece of furniture that is solid is strong and well made: · The table seemed solid enough, so I climbed up onto it.· rows of solid little houses built of local stoneas solid as a rock (=very solid): · He rapped his knuckles against the body of the sink unit. It was as solid as a rock.
not easily cut or damaged - use this about cloth, leather, plastic etc: · The sailors wore jackets made from tough waterproof cotton.· a pair of tough leather boots· Normal floor paint might not be tough enough for the garage.
substances or products that are durable are strong and will last a long time, even if they are used a lot: · Bronze is harder and more durable than tin.· What you need for Africa is a simple, durable and inexpensive vehicle.· The roofs are constructed from heavy and durable timbers, usually teak or mahogany.
heavy-duty materials, tools, machines etc are specially made to be stronger than usual, often because they are going to be used a lot or used in difficult conditions: · If you are going to put an electric cable underground, you must use the special heavy-duty type.· The emergency equipment includes food, a first-aid kit, and a heavy-duty flashlight.
a hardwearing cloth or material is strong and will last a long time, even if it is used a lot: · Polyester is not particularly hardwearing but it is cheap.· It's best to lay a good quality, hardwearing carpet.
a reinforced material or part has had other materials or parts added to make it stronger: · A reinforced concrete dome, two metres thick, protects the radioactive core of the nuclear reactor.· Like all the clothes in the range it has specially reinforced seams.
something that is unbreakable is difficult or impossible to break because it is made of a very strong substance: · Make sure your patio doors are made of unbreakable glass.· a virtually unbreakable vacuum flask
impossible to break, damage or destroy: · Until the accident, the ship was considered indestructible.· There is little point putting an indestructible door in a frame that will rot in 10 years.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The lake was frozen solid. It was good to be back on solid ground again. Is the baby eating solid food (=bread, meat etc) yet? The ship’s sonar can detect the presence of solid objects in the water. a solid gold cup a chest made of solid oak The frame is as solid as a rock (=extremely solid). The first two years provide a solid foundation in the basics of computing. a solid reputation The prosecution in this case has no solid evidence. On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The course gives students a solid foundation in the basics of computing. solid gold watches The aim of the course is to give students a thorough grounding in English pronunciation. The road was blocked by a solid mass of protesters. cups made of solid silver a solid silver brooch
The lake was frozen solid. It was good to be back on solid ground again. Is the baby eating solid food (=bread, meat etc) yet? The ship’s sonar can detect the presence of solid objects in the water. a solid gold cup a chest made of solid oak The frame is as solid as a rock (=extremely solid). The first two years provide a solid foundation in the basics of computing. a solid reputation The prosecution in this case has no solid evidence. On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid.· A good education should give you a solid base for life.
· Drama school may provide a sound basis for an acting career.
(=all the seats, tickets etc are sold for a long period)· The restaurant’s booked solid for the whole of the Christmas period.
The course gives students a solid foundation in the basics of computing. (=a solid substance, such as coal, that is used as a fuel)· The number of homes using solid fuel for heating has decreased.
solid gold watches The aim of the course is to give students a thorough grounding in English pronunciation. The road was blocked by a solid mass of protesters.· Steps had been carved out of the solid rock.
cups made of solid silver a solid silver brooch· You can install a solid wood door.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Now the barriers were back in place, as solid and secure as though they had never been breached at all.· The result: a piece as solid and dependable as a sand castle in high tide.· It was as solid as rock.· The fetal membranes from older embryos are also best handled initially as solid tissue because of difficulties in their mechanical disaggregation.· The house is North Country Jacobean, as solid and safe as could be.· In Figure 3.1a the organisations are shown as solid lines, and the direct payments to them as broken lines.· Its critics list many, not all as solid as they sound: Too complicated.· His body was not as solid and stable as it should be and he was frequently off-line by a few degrees.
· Perhaps his brothers were big too, but more solid.· When my daughter seemed to lose interest in breastfeeding and demanded more solid food, I spent several days feeling depressed.· And it is proven to lead to stronger, more solid bones, relieve tension, depression and insomnia.· Neither one offers any thing more solid than a system of analogies.· By now Spurs' defence looked more solid.· It will no longer act as a spring but at least it will give the cabin a more solid base.· As I keep looking and forming shapes, however, something more solid begins to appear.· His previously gaunt frame had put on weight since Hong Kong and he was looking a little more solid.
· Annie was so solid and content, she was like a shiny red apple.· But all couples can enhance their own relationships, making their marriages so solid that infidelity is unlikely to occur.· For so solid and unemotional a man he might have been angry, or perhaps only in a hurry.
· I was met by a slow but very solid resistance moving down the far bank.· She sat down on a very solid patio chair and knew she was living a nightmare.· It was extremely well built, with buttresses along its eastern side and a very solid paved floor.· Jefferson came to Church youth work with very solid credentials.· He felt very solid and very big.· Not even Julius would be able to break his way through that very solid door.· Speelman has the reputation of being a very solid player with occasional flashes of mercurial originality and brilliance.· All this wet stuff was a legacy from a very solid, very watertight concrete pool of yore.
NOUN· They have spent ten years perfecting their own blend of rhythm and blues and building up a solid base in the region.· It will no longer act as a spring but at least it will give the cabin a more solid base.· The surface was soggy, but there was a solid base underneath.· Reagan kept a solid base of conservatives by holding fast to his principles.· Despite having a solid base, the rod is still contorted wildly beyond belief.
· On the Labour side, there is a solid body of such members who inhabit the Tearoom.· A solid body that reaches the ground intact is called a meteorite.· The two columns of police merged into one solid body of four ranks, ten men to a rank.· The process continues until a solid body of successful generalizations has been established to serve as a reliable source of explanations.· This is the reason we can have solid bodies that do not collapse to a point or radiate away to infinity.· It behaves as a solid body of a particular mass and wind resistance ought to behave.· But it soon came to be realized that any breakaway plasma would disperse into the void rather than condense into solid bodies.
· She didn't trust him, but without solid evidence she had no way of proving he was double-dealing.· In fact, we have little solid evidence of the effects of earlier waves of unemployment on old people.· And then, the prior's reluctant to make any accusations against Isambard but on good, solid evidence.· So much solid evidence and no research carried out whatever.· The investigators could not find any solid evidence of a crime.· There is little solid evidence, as yet, to answer such a question with confidence.
· Careful observation of how the child manages pieces of solid food can be very informative.· When my daughter seemed to lose interest in breastfeeding and demanded more solid food, I spent several days feeling depressed.· There is a critical or sensitive period for the introduction of solid food between 7 and 10 months of age.· On the phone I had been warned to take no solid food for three hours prior to the test.· Introducing solids A gradual thickening of baby food is often a preferable way to introduce more solid food.· Only earnest, solid food that had dough as its base truly interested her.· Finger foods can be introduced as a way of showing the child that solid food can have an interesting taste.· Yet Snyder continued the protest, demanding the parish make some unspecified commitment to the poor before he would take solid food.
· In its solid form it poses no great risk.· At those temperatures and pressures, methane combines with water into a solid form called a gas hydrate.· Nevertheless, Cézanne had intuitively evolved a means of explaining the nature of solid forms in a new, very thorough way.· X-rays', would be seen by those artists as pictorial verifications of the insubstantiality of solid forms.· Picasso approached Cubism, however, primarily through his interest in analysing and investigating the nature of solid forms.
· They dug solid foundations, spending a lot of time pouring concrete into four pits.· Local autonomy thus rested upon a solid foundation.· Decayed, warped and neglected, it stood proudly on its solid foundations, displaying a still sturdy brick frame.· Much like any brick or block wall, an interlocking block wall needs a solid foundation.· At the end of the first week you will have a solid foundation on which to build in future weeks.· They had a solid foundation in reading, writing, math, and other core skills.· City: Property without solid foundations Bricks and mortar were once thought to be be as good as money in the bank.· Such a person lived and, in a sense floated on the air, without a solid foundation.
· At Naïm, House of Hair & Beauty you can treat yourself to solid gold highlights!· Each piece is individually made in solid gold and set with the world's finest alternative to diamonds.· Quite often features of their palaces would be described as made of solid gold, which were in fact merely brass.
· At last he succeeded in hauling himself over the boundary wall to the solid ground that marked the edge of Old Ashfield property.· For centuries people have scoured the solid ground in search of the causes of these catastrophic events.· Water, not solid ground, lay beneath.· If these researchers are right, the ramifications of this continental shifting may also extend beyond the oceans and solid ground.· I sat on solid ground, my back against a tree.· Lowell, thrust into the present day and on to solid ground, agreed that he wasn't much good at it.· Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.
· They were in a solid line, between them and the gate.· The solid lines of certainty gave way to the broken lines of uncertainty.· There, stretching from the foreshore to the Wall, was a solid line of soldiers.· In Figure 3.1a the organisations are shown as solid lines, and the direct payments to them as broken lines.· The solid lines are the background spectrum and the dots are the spectrum measured over the cell.· The solid lines mark the edge of the mylar sheet, the dotted lines the boundary between the two motifs.
· To the Gaijin rear Jotan's five hundred were a solid mass cutting off the line of retreat.· The drained curd, now a solid mass, is turned out of the muslin and the really hard work of milling begins.· Walls can be cut half-way down or at either side to form dividing slabs rather than solid masses.· The hygroscopic mixture got damp; when the humidity went down again it caked into an intractable solid mass.
· What remains is converted into solid material for elimination as faeces.· The glass transition Glass, familiar for centuries, is a solid material showing no crystalline structure.· Such was the case with the idea that hydrogen fusion might occur at moderate temperatures within solid materials.· This could result from a structural change in a single solid material, though no suitable materials are known.
· Because if they didn't, then all solid matter would simply turn to vapour.· This new instrument found the first direct evidence of solid matter surrounding stars other than our Sun.· When a cosmic-ray encounters solid matter then in most cases it penetrates only a few millimetres and leaves a detectable track.· It was the only solid matter they would meet this side of Jupiterstill two hundred million miles away.· Separating the solid matter for aerobic fermentation into manure also cuts the risk.· Ladies and gentlemen, I have now proved that solid matter of all kinds is mere illusion.
· The village will be made of solid oak and then exported, flat-pack style, to Tokyo.· His cell was eight by fifteen with a solid oak door supported by steel bands.· It is solid oak, not veneer.· Made from solid oak with veneered interiors, the wood has been limed to enhance the grain.· But the point is that it's solid oak.· The solid oak staff caught Guy a brutal blow on his wounded arm.· He was the only one who matched the colourfully embroidered wall-hangings and solid oak furniture of the private solar.
· When the vibrations meet a solid object like a wall or window it will respond by vibrating,.· But the feat would be impossible if the wave were a solid object.· It is suggested that the bat hears echoes of its own squeaks rebounding from solid objects.· In fact, vibrations travel through solid objects at fixed speeds, just as sound travels through air at a fixed speed.· The signals reflected back from solid objects like these skulls form an image which can be enhanced by a computer.· And why are their legs so easily detached by seemingly light collisions with solid objects?· Sound waves travel more easily through solid objects than through the air.
· From water level as you approach through the rock garden it looks like one solid rock barrier.· It marked the point where the solid rock of the mantle changed into molten iron.· Mr Glen said the bypass would have to be blasted out of solid rock.· When the cofferdams were finished, the engineers turned to the next task-stripping the canyon abutments to expose fresh clean solid rock.· About 1861 it was decided to map the superficial deposits in addition to the solid rocks and to show them on published maps.· From above, the sandstone looks like solid rock, terminating at a 20-foot cliff.· The solid rocks have been weathered to form loose soil.· Thirteen hundred workmen were blasting their way, day and night, through the solid rock, 160 feet below the town.
· The black brows knit, and solid silver laurels bobbed.· I can't really imagine it shedding that solid silver butcher's hook, but who knows?· It was used to produce a cheaper form of tableware than solid silver.· Lucker feels a tug, and reels in a beautiful sea trout, a bullet of solid silver muscle.· Solid value in solid silver will pay dividends, but will it show you a profit?· A miniature oak four-poster bed is £30 and a solid silver canteen of cutlery is £44.· Four coins from his mint there are extant; two of them are solid silver, and two are plated.· But it was solid silver - and the inscription must have cost a bit as well.
· A series of simple push-buttons on the solid state device enables the required temperature range to be set precisely.· However, because of the two dithiadiazole functionalities at either end of the molecule, the solid state structure is polymeric rather than dimeric.· The rate at which solid state sintering occurs is approximately inversely proportional to the particle size involved.· Industrial problems involving lasers, solid state or quantum electronics and the development of materials to withstand exotic conditions are all interdisciplinary.· A crystal is just a large orderly array of atoms or molecules in the solid state.· Numerous 1,2 dithiadiazoles have been isolated and several solid state structures have been determined.· These solid state stereo units are only 1U high and fit into a 19 inch rack space.
· It finds no solid support anywhere, either materially or intellectually.· As usual, Santos as the long-suffering Becker and Margolin as the insufferable Angel provide solid support.
· The area of solid wall became less and the design correspondingly more complex.· Within the solid walls of temple compounds in Kyoto or Nara, Charles began to relax.· Her hands tensed against the solid wall of his chest, feeling the warm, muscular tautness of him.· The people in front pushed back against the solid wall of humanity behind them.· It also has other economic advantages in that it requires fewer facing bricks than solid walls!· Simple stone cottages with solid walls are a good bet.· Some cold walls, especially in old houses with solid walls, draw atmospheric moisture to them, rather as windows do.
· Aluminium smelters are only one of a score of industries which now pollute the total environment with fluoride emissions and solid wastes.· Dissolved metals form a solid waste.· Last year solid waste totalled 227,000 tonnes but this is forecast to fall to 206,000 tonnes this year.· For many years, solid waste was incinerated.· The licensing of tip sites for the disposal of solid waste requires similar inspections.· Their goal is to recycle all air, water and solid wastes using mechanical and chemical processes as well as plants.· It is obvious from this that a family's solid wastes will not be adequate to meet their cooking needs.· Another employee group studied problems in solid waste, where waiting time at the Energy Recovery Plant was delaying drivers every afternoon.
· A solid wood stem and mahogany floors and stiffeners complete the basic construction which has been particularly cleanly executed by West Custom.· Occasionally, some one would use butcher block, solid wood, copper, stainless steel, marble or some other exotic surface.· Passing discreetly through the solid wood of the garage door he slid right into the skulking Omally.· The earliest glazing bars were quite thick, as they were hand cut from solid wood.· We custom-build beautiful kitchens in solid woods, or in any painted finish, to the very highest standards.· It also cleaned fire-charred beams and exposed the structural soundness of the underlying solid wood.· Choose from solid woods and a range of finishes.· Freeth introduced surfing to California on his 200-pound solid wood board.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- The air overhead was packed solid with noise that did not move.
- Whalley Range was, and still is, an intensely Bohemian area packed solid with aspiring and struggling bands.
- Our main objective is to get the city's finances onto solid ground.
- I sat on solid ground, my back against a tree.
- Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.
- We are on solid ground when we say that we will oppose this Bill.
- But there are solid reasons for doing mass actions.
- From London to Canterbury the traffic was solid and the fumes that built up in the car made her head ache.
- Many of them are solid citizens.
- The barriers were solid, but only until the mid-fifties.
- The ground was solid with rubble.
- The pressures to spend are solid enough.
- This inner sphere would be solid iron in the midst of the molten metal.
- Yet the cushioned seat was solid enough, and the pain in her hand was almost too real.
- After all, it eventually produces waste matter.
- Because if they didn't, then all solid matter would simply turn to vapour.
- It tells you just about how much organic matter is present.
- It was the only solid matter they would meet this side of Jupiterstill two hundred million miles away.
- Some organic matter is needed in order to produce nice specimens.
- The quantity needed may, however, vary according to the quantity of organic matter in the raw water.
- Urban refuse is 75 percent organic matter.
- You can improve your soil by adding organic matter.
- It was as solid as rock.
- It was simply not admissible that something as blatantly solid as a rock could have come from the heavens.
- Peter was as steady as a rock, keeping the ball on the fairway and hitting nearly every green in regulation.
- Skipper Alan Kernaghan again led by example, with Nicky Mohan solid as a rock alongside him.
- The door was solid as rock.
WORD FAMILYnounsolidsolidaritysoliditysolidssolidificationadjectivesolidverbsolidifyadverbsolidly
1firm/hard hard or firm, with a fixed shape, and not a liquid or gas: The lake was frozen solid. It was good to be back on solid ground again. Is the baby eating solid food (=bread, meat etc) yet? The ship’s sonar can detect the presence of solid objects in the water.► see thesaurus at hard2only one material consisting completely of one type of materialsolid gold/silver etc a solid gold cupsolid wood/pine/oak etc a chest made of solid oak3not hollow having no holes or spaces inside OPP hollow: a solid rubber ball a shrine carved out of solid rock4without spaces continuous, without any spaces or breaks: It’s not safe to pass when the lines in the middle of the road are solid.5strongly made strong and well made OPP flimsy: a solid piece of furniture The frame is as solid as a rock (=extremely solid).6good and long-lasting a solid achievement or solid work is of real, practical, and continuing value: five years of solid achievement The first two years provide a solid foundation in the basics of computing.7dependable someone or something that is solid can be depended on or trusted SYN sound: a solid reputation The prosecution in this case has no solid evidence. You can rely on Wylie for good solid advice. a solid Labour stronghold (=where people always vote for this party)8continuing without interruption informal used to emphasize that something continues for a long time without any pauses: The lecture lasted two solid hours.five hours/two weeks etc solid On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid.9packed solid informal if shops, trains, buses etc are packed solid, they are full of people10on solid ground confident because you are dealing with a subject you are sure about, or because you are in a safe situation: To make sure that he was on solid ground, he confirmed his findings with others.11good British English informal good12difficult British English informal very difficult: I couldn’t do any of the maths last night – it was solid.13shape technical having length, width, and height SYN three-dimensional: A sphere is a solid figure.14in agreement be solid British English to be in complete agreement: The workers are 100% solid on this issue.—solidly adverb: solidly built—solidness noun [uncountable]solid1 adjectivesolid2 noun
solidsolid2 ●○○ noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Water changes from a liquid to a solid when it freezes.
- Whether you prefer solids or stripes, polo shirts are big for school this fall.
- However, unlike solids, the attractive forces are not sufficient to hold the particles together in a regular structure.
- Notice that the magnitudes of the values for solids are much greater than those for gases.
- The conducting properties of solids vary widely.
- These solids are said to be amorphous.
WORD SETS
acetate, nounacid, nounacidic, adjectiveacidify, verbactive, adjectiveadditive, nounagent, nounalchemy, nounalcohol, nounalkali, nounalkaline, adjectiveamalgam, nounantioxidant, noun-ate, suffixatomic number, nounbase, nounbauxite, nounbeaker, nounbenzene, nounbiochemistry, nounbitumen, nounbleach, nounbond, nounbonding, nouncalcify, verbcarbohydrate, nouncarbonate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarbonize, verbcatalyst, nouncaustic, adjectivechain reaction, nounchemical, nounchemical, adjectivechemical reaction, nounchemist, nounchemistry, nounchlorinate, verbcitric acid, nouncombustion, nounconcentration, nouncondense, verbcontaminant, nouncontaminate, verbcontaminated, adjectivecorrode, verbcorrosion, nouncorrosive, adjectivecrucible, nouncrystal, nouncrystallize, verbcyanide, nounDDT, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdegrade, verbderive, verbdetoxification, noundextrose, noundioxin, noundispersion, noundissolve, verbdistill, verbeffervesce, verbeffervescent, adjectiveelectrolysis, nounelectrolyte, nounelectroplate, verbemulsify, verbemulsion, nounenzyme, nounexpand, verbfatty acid, nounferment, verbferment, nounflashback, nounflask, nounformaldehyde, nounformula, nounfructose, nounfungicide, nounfuse, verbgas, noungaseous, adjectiveglucose, noungranular, adjectivegraphite, nounhallucinogen, nounhelium, nounherbicide, nounhydrate, nouninert, adjectiveinsoluble, adjectiveinsulin, nounion, nounionize, verblactic acid, nounlimescale, nounlitmus, nounlitmus paper, nounlitmus test, nounmethane, nounmixture, nounmolecule, nounneon, nounnerve gas, nounneutralize, verbneutron, nounnitric acid, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounorganic chemistry, nounosmosis, nounoxidize, verboxyacetylene, nounoxygenate, verbozone, nounpart, nounpectin, nounpesticide, nounpestle, nounpetrochemical, nounpH, nounphotosynthesis, nounplasma, nounpolyunsaturated, adjectivepotash, nounprecipitate, verbprecipitate, nounprecipitation, nounproduct, nounprussic acid, nounquicklime, nounradioactive, adjectiveradioactivity, nounradiology, nounreact, verbreaction, nounreactive, adjectivereagent, nounresidue, nounretort, nounriboflavin, nounsalt, nounsaltpetre, nounsaturate, verbsaturated, adjectivesaturation, nounsaturation point, nounsemiconductor, nounsoft, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolvent, nounstability, nounstabilizer, nounstable, adjectivestarch, nounsteam, nounsucrose, nounsulphate, nounsulphide, nounsulphur, nounsulphur dioxide, nounsulphuric acid, nounsulphurous, adjectivesurface tension, nounsuspension, nounsynthesize, verbsynthetic, adjectivetannin, nountartaric acid, nounTNT, noununstable, adjectivevalence, nounvitamin, nounvolatile, adjectivevulcanize, verbwater softener, nounwater-soluble, adjectivewater vapour, nounwetting agent, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The course gives students a solid foundation in the basics of computing. solid gold watches The aim of the course is to give students a thorough grounding in English pronunciation. The road was blocked by a solid mass of protesters. cups made of solid silver a solid silver brooch
· A good education should give you a solid base for life.
· Drama school may provide a sound basis for an acting career.
(=all the seats, tickets etc are sold for a long period)· The restaurant’s booked solid for the whole of the Christmas period.
The course gives students a solid foundation in the basics of computing. (=a solid substance, such as coal, that is used as a fuel)· The number of homes using solid fuel for heating has decreased.
solid gold watches The aim of the course is to give students a thorough grounding in English pronunciation. The road was blocked by a solid mass of protesters.· Steps had been carved out of the solid rock.
cups made of solid silver a solid silver brooch· You can install a solid wood door.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- By law, whole milk must contain at least 8.25% milk solids.
- She hasn't been able to eat solids for a week.
- After all, it eventually produces waste matter.
- Because if they didn't, then all solid matter would simply turn to vapour.
- It tells you just about how much organic matter is present.
- It was the only solid matter they would meet this side of Jupiterstill two hundred million miles away.
- Some organic matter is needed in order to produce nice specimens.
- The quantity needed may, however, vary according to the quantity of organic matter in the raw water.
- Urban refuse is 75 percent organic matter.
- You can improve your soil by adding organic matter.
- It was as solid as rock.
- It was simply not admissible that something as blatantly solid as a rock could have come from the heavens.
- Peter was as steady as a rock, keeping the ball on the fairway and hitting nearly every green in regulation.
- Skipper Alan Kernaghan again led by example, with Nicky Mohan solid as a rock alongside him.
- The door was solid as rock.
WORD FAMILYnounsolidsolidaritysoliditysolidssolidificationadjectivesolidverbsolidifyadverbsolidly
1[countable] a firm object or substance that has a fixed shape, not a gas or liquid: the properties of liquids and solids2solids [plural] foods that are not liquid: He’s still too ill to eat solids.3[countable] technical the part of a liquid which has the qualities of a solid when it is separated from the solvent (=watery part)4[countable] technical a shape which has length, width, and height, such as a sphere or cylinder