solid

Definition

  • noun: a solid substance
  • noun: a geometrical figure or element (as a cube or sphere) having three dimensions
  • adjective: firm or hard
  • adjective: being without an internal cavity
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: just, valid, important

Examples

  • Financially, the company is '(as) solid as a rock'. [=the company is in very good condition]

  • a 'solidly' Republican area/suburb [=an area/suburb where most people vote for Republicans]

  • Environmentalists were 'solidly' [='completely'] opposed to drilling in the area.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) He envisioned a steamer so grand in scale... ..that its supremacy would never be challenged. And here she is... ..willed into solid reality. Hear, hear. Salmon. You know l don't like that, Rose. She knows. We'll both have the lamb, rare, (..)
    1997 Titanic