solid – English noun declension

English noun forms of solid

Noun: solid
Singularsolid
Pluralsolids

Sample Sentences

  • Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
  • I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
  • Fortunately, the president of our illustrious institution has been after me for a year to get Francis Ford Coppola to speak at next year's commencement, and Francis owes me a solid. [2010, Loren D. Estleman, Frames, page 54:]
  • You can't make a move till you have about a year in a precinct, but tell you what, stay in touch. Lots a people still owe me a solid or two on the Job. [2012, Robert Cea, No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop, page 61:]
  • Thomas had seemed ready to spend the night on the couch, and now he couldn't get out of here fast enough. Hopping up, I followed after him. "Thanks again, Thomas," I said, opening the door for him. "I owe you a solid." [2013, Nicole Williams, Crush:]
  • I prefer solids over paisleys.
  • The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.

Etymology

From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Doublet of solidum. See: Latin Nouns 'solidum'.

Verbs referencing "solid"

Finnish Nouns solidi.