liquid

CEFRB1

/ˈlɪk.wɪd/

noun · adjective

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  1. 01

    noun

    A substance that flows and takes the shape of its container.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Existing as a substance that flows rather than staying solid.

Examples

  • She poured the dark brown liquid down the sink.

  • The hair-dressing liquid gave off a strong smell.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

  2. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

  3. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

More examples

In context

  • The liquid gave off a strong smell.

  • A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.

  • a liquid melody

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Origin

noun

From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).