What does solid mean?

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[n] matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure[a] characterized by good substantial quality(solid comfort a solid base hit)[n] the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a

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[n] matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure

[a] characterized by good substantial quality
(solid comfort a solid base hit)

[n] the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

[a] of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
(ice is water in the solid state)

[n] a three-dimensional shape

[a] entirely of one substance with no holes inside
(a solid block of wood)

[a] of one substance or character throughout
(solid gold carved out of solid rock)

[a] uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks
(a solid line across the page solid sheets of water)

[a] providing abundant nourishment
(a hearty meal good solid food ate a substantial breakfast four square meals a day)

[a] of good quality and condition; solidly built
(a solid foundation several substantial timber buildings)

[a] not soft or yielding to pressure
(a firm mattress the snow was firm underfoot solid ground)

[a] having three dimensions
(a solid object)

[a] impenetrable for the eye
(solid blackness)

[a] financially sound
(the bank is solid and will survive this attack)

[a] of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial
(work of solid scholarship based on solid facts)

[a] meriting respect or esteem
(an upstanding member of the community)

[a] of the same color throughout
(solid color)

[a] acting together as a single undiversified whole
(a solid voting bloc)

Other vocabulary

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A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries include words in specialist fields, rather than a complete range of words in the language. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study. In theory, general dictionaries are supposed[citation needed] to be semasiological, mapping word to definition, while specialized dictionaries are supposed to be onomasiological, first identifying concepts and then establishing the terms used to designate them. In practice, the two approaches are used for both types. There are other types of dictionaries that do not fit neatly into the above distinction, for instance bilingual (translation) dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms (thesauri), and rhyming dictionaries. The word dictionary (unqualified) is usually understood to refer to a general purpose monolingual dictionary.

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The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.