B1adjective · frequent

solid

solid · more solid · most solid

твердий

крупный, цельный, солидный, сплошной

fest, massiv, kompakt, solide

That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firmThat can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

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UK/ˈsɒl.ɪd/US/ˈsɑ.lɪd/

» This house has a solid foundation.

Dieses Haus steht auf festem Grund.

У этого дома прочный фундамент.

Цей будинок має міцний фундамент.

Meaning

20 senses

That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
Appreciably large in size, quantity, or value.
fest, massiv
кру́пныйkrúpnyj, масси́вныйmassívnyj, соли́дныйsolídnyj
Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
solid gold
solid chocolate
kompakt, bündig
сплошно́йsplošnój, це́льныйcélʹnyj, моноли́тныйmonolítnyj
Strong or unyielding.
a solid foundation
solide, robust
кре́пкийkrépkij, про́чныйpróčnyj
Continuous and heavy.
(slang)Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
That's a solid plan.
Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
Hearty; filling.
a solid meal
deftig
сы́тныйsýtnyj
Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.
of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
Financially well off; wealthy.
financially dependable
Sound; not weak.
a solid constitution of body
Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
zusammengeschrieben
це́льныйcélʹnyj, пи́шущийся сли́тноpíšuščijsja slítno, сли́тныйslítnyj
(dated)Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

Examples

206 sentences

This house has a solid foundation.
Цей будинок має міцний фундамент.
ruУ этого дома прочный фундамент.
deDieses Haus steht auf festem Grund.
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Ice is solid.
Крига - тверде тіло.
ruЛёд твёрдый.
deEis ist fest.
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There's no solid evidence against Tom.
ruПротив Тома нет серьёзных улик.
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Tom couldn't eat solid food for a week.
ruТом неделю не мог есть твёрдую пищу.
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Tom hasn't been able to eat solid food since his accident.
deTom kann seit dem Unfall nichts Festes zu sich nehmen.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

in the solid state:

Русский

By meaning 8

in the solid state:

large, massive:

lacking holes or hollows:

lacking errors or inconsistencies:

strong, unyielding (as of foundations etc):

extremely filling:

typography: written as one word:

of one color:

Deutsch

By meaning 8

in the solid state:

large, massive:

lacking holes or hollows:

lacking errors or inconsistencies:

strong, unyielding (as of foundations etc):

extremely filling:

typography: written as one word:

of one color:

Origin

From Middle English solide, borrowed from Old French solide, from Latin solidus (“solid”),

From Middle English solide, borrowed from Old French solide, from Latin solidus (“solid”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s (“entire”), suffixed form of root *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”). Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solidus, sou, and xu.

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