1. Characterized by good substantial quality
   "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit" 
2. Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
   "ice is water in the solid state" 
3. Entirely of one substance with no holes inside
   "a solid block of wood" 
4. Of one substance or character throughout
   "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock" 
5. Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
   "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water" 
6. Providing abundant nourishment
   "good solid food"
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1. Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure 
2. The state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
   - solidness, solid state 
3. A three-dimensional shape

Derived forms: solider, solidest, solids

See also: coagulated, concrete, congealed, cubic, dry, good, hard, homogeneous, homogenous, jelled, jellied, massive, opaque, respectable, semisolid, serious, solidified, solidify, solidity, solidly, solidness, solid-state, sound, state, state of matter, three-dimensional, unbroken, undiversified, wholesome

Type of: form, matter, shape, state, state of matter

Antonym: gaseous, hollow, liquid

Encyclopedia: Solid

• anarthria
• anarthrous
• Anas
• Anas acuta
• Anas americana
• Anas clypeata
• Anas crecca
• Anas discors
• Anas penelope
• Anas platyrhynchos
• Anas querquedula
• Anas rubripes
• Anasa
• Anasa tristis
• anasarca
• anasarcous
• Anasazi
• anaspid
• Anaspida
• anastalsis
• Anastatica
• Anastatica hierochuntica
• anastigmat
• anastigmatic
• anastigmatic lens