solid
part of speech
adjective (solid, more solid, most solid); noun (a solid, solids)
meaning for a pupil
1) A solid is something hard or firm that keeps its own shape, like ice, wood or stone; one of the states of matter. tree →
2) Solid (adjective) means not hollow — the same material all the way through: solid gold. tree →
3) Solid means strong and firm: a solid wall. tree →
4) Solid can mean without a break: «I read for two solid hours». tree →
5) In maths, a solid is a 3D shape such as a cube or sphere. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah, God makes the solid earth out of the void, so that the world's matter comes from nothing. Interpretation: It is read as a teaching that God created the world out of nothing, with the letters and speech as the tools of creation. In the primary lessons: In science, the three common states of matter are solid, liquid and gas; a solid has a fixed shape and volume because its particles are packed tightly. Heating makes solids melt into liquids. In maths, solid shapes have faces, edges and vertices. In health, babies start «solid food» after milk. Phrases: «solid as a rock», «frozen solid», «solid advice».
examples
- Air, Vayu ; then Water, Apas, which condenses into solid elementary Earth, Prithivi ; and lastly from the Water He formed Fire. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- And from Nothingness did He make something, and all forms of speech and every created thing, and from the empty void He made the solid earth, and from the non-existent He brought forth Life. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- Ice is water in its solid form. tree →
- A rock is a solid. tree →
- The ring is made of solid gold. tree →
- The pond was frozen solid. tree →
- A cube is a solid with six faces. tree →
- Solids keep their shape. tree →
- We need a solid table for this heavy box. tree →
- It rained for three solid days. tree →
- These pillars are solid gold, I assure you." tree →
note
Opposites: liquid, gas (state of matter); hollow (inside). «Solid» shapes = 3D shapes. Trap: some solids can be poured, like sand or sugar, because they are many tiny solid grains — each grain keeps its shape.
In the corpora
- The North American wood frog can freeze solid in winter, with its heart stopped, and thaw and hop away in spring.
- Its hollow stems with solid joints are strong and light, so Hong Kong builders still tie bamboo poles into scaffolding round skyscrapers.
- Bamboo stems are hollow with solid joints, which makes them strong and light, and bamboo bends without breaking and grows back quickly.
- Jaguar turns it into a rhyme: «Can't curl, but can swim, Slow-Solid, that's him!
- Hedgehog says «Hold up my chin, Slow-and-Solid.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «solid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.