solid

solid
\ \ [14] Solid comes via Old French solide from Latin solidussolid, whole’ (source also of English solder and soldier and of the French coin term sou). It went back to the same base (Indo-European *sol-) that produced Latin solluswhole’ (source of English solemn and solicit) and salvusunharmed’ (source of English safe, save, etc).
\ \ Cf.SOLDER, SOLDIER, SOLEMN, SOLICIT

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  • solid — [säl′id] adj. [ME solide < MFr < L solidus < sollus, whole: see SOLEMN] 1. tending to keep its form rather than to flow or spread out like a liquid or gas; relatively firm or compact 2. filled with matter throughout; not hollow 3. a)… …   English World dictionary

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  • solid — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. solide firm, dense, compact, from L. solidus firm, whole, entire (related to salvus safe ), from PIE root *sol whole (Cf. Gk. holos whole, L. salus health; see SAFE (Cf. safe) (adj.)). Slang …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Solid — Sol id, n. 1. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • solid — ► ADJECTIVE (solider, solidest) 1) firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid. 2) strongly built or made. 3) not hollow or having spaces or gaps. 4) consisting of the same substance throughout. 5) (of time) continuous. 6) …   English terms dictionary

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