Resisting flexure; not to be bent without force; capable of tangential stress: said of a kind of material substance. See II., 1.Completely filled up; compact; without cavities, pores, or interstices; not hollow: as, a solid ball, as distinguished from a hollow one; solid soda-water, not frothy.Firm; strong: as, a solid pier; a solid wall.In botany, of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.In anatomy and zoology:Hard, compact, or firm in consistency; having no cavities or spongy structure: opposed to spongiose, porous, hollow, cancellate, excavated, etc.In entomology, specifically, formed of a single joint, or of several joints so closely applied that they appear to be one: especially said of the capitulum or club of capitate antennæ.Having three dimensions; having length, breadth, and thickness; cubic: as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.Sound; not weak; strong.Substantial, as opposed to frivolous, fallacious, or the like; worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; not empty or vain; real; true; just; valid; firm; strong; hence, satisfactory: as, solid arguments; solid comfort; solid sense.Not light, trifling, or superficial; grave; profound.Financially sound or safe; possessing plenty of capital; wealthy; well-established; reliable.Unanimous, or practically unanimous: as, a solid vote; the solid South.Without break or opening, as a wall or façade.Smooth; even; unbroken; unvaried: unshaded: noting a color or pigment.Without the liquor, as oysters: said in measuring: opposite to in liquor.With reference to fabrics, etc., a uniform color.Synonyms Dense.Stable, weighty, important.n. A body which throughout its mass (and not merely at its surface) resists for an indefinite time a sufficiently small force that tends to alter its equilibrium figure, always springing back into shape after the force is removed; a body possessing elasticity of figure.n. In geometry, a body or magnitude which has three dimensions—length, breadth, and thickness—being thus distinguished from a surface, which has but two dimensions, and from a line, which has but one.n. plural In anatomy, all parts of the body which are not fluid: as, the solids and fluids of the body.n. plural In printing, the parts of an engraving which show black or solid in print.Of uniform color; self-colored: a pigeon-fanciers' term.