Adjective

(en adjective)

In the state of a solid; not fluid.

Large, massive.

Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.

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Strong or unyielding.

a solid foundation

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

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.

Hearty; filling.

a solid meal

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

* Milton

the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer

* Dryden

These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.

* J. A. Symonds

The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.

Sound; not weakly.

a solid constitution of body

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

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

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

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

The delegation is solid for a candidate.

Of a single color throughout.

John painted the walls solid white.

He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.

(dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.

A solid''' foot contains 1,728 '''solid inches.

Adjective

(thinner)

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

thin plate of metal

thin paper

thin board

thin covering

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

thin wire

thin string

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

thin person

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .

* Addison

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

* Dryden

thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

a thin disguise