solid

Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.

(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

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:

solid gold

solid chocolate

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:

Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

a solid foundation

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:

That's a solid plan.

Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.

I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.

(slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.

a solid meal

the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer

1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:

Theſe are they, who wanting Wit, affect Gravity, and go by the name of Solid men: and a ſolid man is, in plain English, a ſolid, ſolemn Fool.

1675, John Dryden, “[https://archive.org/details/aurengzebetraged00dryd_0/page/n13/mode/1up To the Right Honourable, John, Earl of Mulgrave, […]]”, in Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC:

1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning
The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.

Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.

a solid constitution of body

Coordinate term: hyphenation (noun)

American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.

(typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

(printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

The delegation is solid for a candidate.

(US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.

John painted the walls solid white.

He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.

The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.

(of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.

A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.

(dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.

(of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.

en-adj

solid (comparative more solid or solider, superlative most solid or solidest)

more solid (comparative)
solider (comparative)
most solid (superlative)
solidest (superlative)

պինդ

strong, unyielding (as of foundations etc)

надежден

worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious

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.


solid

True, not ten of these mines were yielding rock worth hauling to a mill, but everybody said, "Wait till the shaft gets down where the ledge comes in solid, and then you will see!"

1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XLIV, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 306:

Hm-m-—These papers are complete—They make Mortimer and Matilda the legal guardians of Babs—ought to put me in more solid than ever with Miss Effie—and that home is good graft.

1937 March 7, Marsh, “Dan Dunn-Secret Operative 48”, in Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune:

Suppose, then, a whole family got sick with this flu, and no help around, and winter setting in solid and cold three weeks early?

1943, Wallace Stegner, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, →ISBN, page 246:

set a new high in baseball for the year, not only ending speculation as to when Durocher would be fired but putting him in more solid than ever before.

1943 July 16, “Dodger Rebellion Is Settled With One Dramatic Flourish”, in Youngstown (OH) Vindicator:

She was telling Bobbie about the time when Boko Fittleworth was trying to ingratiate himself with your Uncle Percy, and you very sportingly offered to go and call your Uncle Percy a lot of offensive names, so that Boko, hovering outside the door, could come in and stick up for him, thus putting himself in solid with him.

1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

If true, that means he deliberately risked American and French lives, and maybe the battle, in order to get in solid with Lafayette.

1997, David Ambrose, Superstition, →ISBN, page 239:

Then he drew a long-barreled revolver from under a coat that he had thrown aside and examined it carefully to see that the powder and ball were in solid and that none of the caps was missing

2008, James Oliver Curwood, The Courage of Captain Plum, →ISBN, page 3:

Soichi Yamazaki, chief analyst at Fukoku Capital Management said Nidec Corp's (6594.OS) earnings came in more solid than expected on Friday

2009 July 26, Rika Otsuka, “Nikkei hits 6-wk high on earnings hopes, Hitachi jumps”, in Reuters.com:

Many long-established compounds are set solid.

(not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.

en-adv

solid (comparative more solid, superlative most solid)

more solid (comparative)
most solid (superlative)


solid

(chemistry) 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).

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

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

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

Fortunately, the president of our illustrious institution has been after me for a year to get Francis Ford Coppola to speak at next year's commencement, and Francis owes me a solid.

2010, Loren D. Estleman, Frames, page 54:

You can't make a move till you have about a year in a precinct, but tell you what, stay in touch. Lots a people still owe me a solid or two on the Job.

2012, Robert Cea, No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop, page 61:

Thomas had seemed ready to spend the night on the couch, and now he couldn't get out of here fast enough. Hopping up, I followed after him. "Thanks again, Thomas," I said, opening the door for him. "I owe you a solid."

I prefer solids over paisleys.

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

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

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

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