1. Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
   "ice is water in the solid state"
    
2. Characterized by good substantial quality
   "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit"
    
3. Entirely of one substance with no holes inside
   "a solid block of wood"
    
4. Not soft or yielding to pressure
   "solid ground";
   - firm
    
5. Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
   "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"
    
6. Of one substance or character throughout
   "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock"
    
7. Of good quality and condition; solidly built
   "a solid foundation";
   - strong, substantial
    
8. Of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
   "work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts"
    
9. Meriting respect or esteem
   "He was known as a solid citizen in the community";
   - upstanding
    
10. Financially dependable
    "the bank is solid and will survive this attack"
     
11. Providing abundant nourishment
    "good solid food";
    - hearty, satisfying, square, substantial
     
12. (mathematics) having length, breadth and thickness
    "a cube is a solid figure with six sides"
     
13. Impenetrable for the eye
    "solid blackness"
     
14. Of the same colour throughout
    "solid colour";
    - self-colored [US], self-coloured [Brit, Cdn]
     
15. Acting together as a single undiversified whole
    "a solid voting bloc";
    - unanimous, whole

1. Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
   "Ice is the solid form of water"
    
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
   "Ice is water in its solid state";
   - solidness, solid state
    
3. A three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume
   "The cube is a simple geometric solid"

Derived forms: solids, solidest, solider

See also: coagulated, concrete, cubic, dry, good, hard, homogeneous, homogenous, jelled, jellied, massive, opaque, respectable, semisolid, serious, solidified, solidity, 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