Intact vs Solid - What's the difference?
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Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged.
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Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.
In the state of a solid; not fluid.
Large, massive.
Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.
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(slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
Hearty; filling.
Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
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Sound; not weakly.
(typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
(printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
(US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
Of a single color throughout.
(dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
(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).
(informal) A favor.
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An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
(in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
Solidly.
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(not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
As an adjective intact
is untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged.As an acronym solid is
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Adjective
- I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact .
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- The opposite of a circumcised penis is an intact penis.
Synonyms
*(uncircumcised) see also .solid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}
- a solid foundation
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- 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.
- a solid meal
- the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer
- These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
- The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.
- a solid constitution of body
- American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
- The delegation is solid for a candidate.
- John painted the walls solid white.
- He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
- A solid''' foot contains 1,728 '''solid inches.
Noun
(wikipedia solid) (en noun)- Please do me a solid : lend me your car for one week.
- I owe him, he did me a solid last year.
- I prefer solids over paisleys.
- The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
Adverb
(en adverb)- Many long-established compounds are set solid .