Collocations for "solid"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "solid" in context.
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solid
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a solid [foundation, structure, frame, block, base, wall]
- is made of solid [gold, wood, metal, plastic, rock, materials, particles]
- a solid [gold] [watch, ring, statue]
- an element in its solid [state, form]
- can now [eat, be fed] solid food
- solid waste [management, disposal, recycling]
- [defined, drawn, depicted] with solid lines
- make a solid [promise, commitment]
- is in a solid relationship (with)
- their relationship is [rock, very] solid
- is (as) solid as a rock
- is solid and dependable
- is [nice, good] and solid
- a solid [workforce, team, group, unit]
- a solid [business, company, organization, economy]
- that's a solid [idea, plan, answer]!
- put on a solid [performance, display, game]
- [shows, has] a solid understanding of
- received a solid [grounding, education, upbringing]
- [made, got] a solid job offer
- got off to a solid start
- [has, offers, boasts] solid experience (in)
- has [three] years' solid experience in
- a solid (and experienced) [musician, player, performer]
- is a solid choice for [president, leader]
- remained solid behind (his friend)
- slang: need you to do me a solid
- slang: could you do me a solid?
- liquids and solids
- the baby is (not) eating solids
- is on a diet of solids
- still cannot eat solids after the [operation, surgery]
- is normally a solid (and not a liquid)
- is normally found as a solid
- solids accumulated in the [body, tank, river]
- [waves, sounds] that travel through solids
'solid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arm
- reveal
- base
- engineering
- frame
- gold
- living
- wall
- sweet
- structure
- state
- safe
- roof
- proof
- progress
- practice
- opportunity
- necklace
- marriage
- even
- stuck
- cherry
- chestnut
- teaching
- banking
- calf
- lighting
- casing
- cedar
- chunk
- coconut
- coke
- conception
- construct
- construction
- conviction
- copper
- craft
- defense
- literacy
- weld
- beech
- grasp
- integrity
- oak
- performer
- pine
- poop
- freeze
- preferably