[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

solid \sol"id\ so^l"i^d, a. l. solidus, probably akin to
   sollus whole, entire, gr. ???: cf. f. solide. cf.
   consolidate,soda, solder, soldier, solemn.
   1. having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly
      adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of
      other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; --
      opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like
      clay, or to incompact, like sand.
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   2. not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as
      distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense;
      hence, sometimes, heavy.
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   3. arith. having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as,
      a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
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   note: in this sense, cubics now generally used.
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   4. firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid
      pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
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   5. applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united
      and form an unbroken word; -- opposed to hyphened.
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   6. fig.: worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as
      opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm;
      strong; valid; just; genuine.
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            the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer.
                                                  --milton.
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            these, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the
            name of solid men.                    --dryden.
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            the genius of the italians wrought by solid toil
            what the myth-making imagination of the germans had
            projected in a poem.                  --j. a.
                                                  symonds.
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   7. sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. --i.
      watts.
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   8. bot. of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a
      bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.
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   9. metaph. impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other
      material particle or atom from any given portion of space;
      -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
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   10. print. not having the lines separated by leads; not
       open.
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   11. united; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation
       is solid for a candidate. polit. cant. u.s.
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   solid angle. geom. see under angle.

   solid color, an even color; one not shaded or variegated.
      

   solid green. see emerald green
       a, under green.

   solid measure arith., a measure for volumes, in which the
      units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a
      cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid
      measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches.

   solid newel arch., a newel into which the ends of winding
      stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. see
      under hollow, a.

   solid problem geom., a problem which can be construed
      geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a
      conic section or of two conic sections. --hutton.

   solid square mil., a square body or troops in which the
      ranks and files are equal.
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   syn: hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound;
        real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave;
        important.

   usage: solid, hard. these words both relate to the
          internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more
          impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the
          component parts than solid. hard is opposed to soft,
          and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. wood is
          usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and
          others are soft.
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                repose you there; while i return to this hard
                house,
                more harder than the stones whereof 't is
                raised.                           --shak.
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                i hear his thundering voice resound,
                and trampling feet than shake the solid ground.
                                                  --dryden.
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see also:
consolidate soda solder soldier solemn fluid 
liquid plastic incompact hollow hyphened 
frivolous fallacious solid angle angle solid color 
solid green emerald green green solid measure solid newel 
hollow solid problem solid square solid hard 

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Solid Solution >> S Words
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Set Square >> S Words
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Platonic Solid >> P Words
Platonic Solid, definition of term: Platonic Solid
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Latin Square, definition of term: Latin Square
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On The Square >> O Words
On The Square, definition of term: On The Square
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