Solid Meaning
/ˈsɒl.ɪd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjThat can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
adjLarge in size, quantity, or value.
Sentence Examples
The milk froze and became solid.
The bureaucrats maintain solid ties with the gigantic corporations.
The planet Jupiter may have no solid surface at all.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ice was thick and ____, so we could safely walk on it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The table was made from ____ oak, making it very heavy and durable for many generations to use.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s Proto-Italic *soliðos Latin solidusder. Old French solidebor. Middle English solide English 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Almost a quarter of a million copies is really a solid number for today's record industry. In fact, that number is more than the last two number one albums"
— 2015 July 8, “Rapper Meek Mill Charts His First Number One Album”, in Forbes:
"Americans increased their borrowing by a solid amount in September. But the gain was less than half the big August surge"
— 2018 November 7, “Consumer borrowing up solid $10.9 billion in September”, in Journal Record:
"On top of that, the speaker is big, so you may have to set aside a solid amount of space for it."
— 2018 November 7, Christian de Looper, “The best Google Assistant smart speakers you can buy”, in Business Insider:
"The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked."
— 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
"As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline."
— 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ice was thick and ____, so we could safely walk on it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The table was made from ____ oak, making it very heavy and durable for many generations to use.