Meaning

5 senses
  1. A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).

    Festkörper, Feststoff

    твёрдое те́лоtvjórdoje télo

    тверде́ ті́лоtverdé tílo

    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

  2. A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).

    Körper

    те́лоtélo, геометри́ческое те́лоgeometríčeskoje télo

  3. (informal)A favor.

    Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.

    I owe him; he did me a solid last year.

  4. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.

    I prefer solids over paisleys.

  5. (in the plural)Food which is not liquid-based.

    The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.

Examples

206 sentences
  1. 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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  2. Ice is solid.

    Крига - тверде тіло.

    ruЛёд твёрдый.

    deEis ist fest.

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  3. There's no solid evidence against Tom.

    ruПротив Тома нет серьёзных улик.

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  4. Tom couldn't eat solid food for a week.

    ruТом неделю не мог есть твёрдую пищу.

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  5. 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

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
chemistry: fundamental state of matter:
Русский
By meaning 2
chemistry: fundamental state of matter:
geometry: three-dimensional object:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
chemistry: fundamental state of matter:
geometry: three-dimensional object:

Origin

From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Dou

From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Doublet of solidum.

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Forms

plural: solids
Singularsolid
Pluralsolids

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:solidnesssolid state

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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