solids

Shapes with volume

Solids are foods with substance, as opposed to liquids.

The term appears most often in medical contexts—patients recovering from surgery may be restricted to liquids before advancing to solids: The doctor cleared her to eat solids again.

For infants, starting solids marks a developmental milestone when they transition from breast milk or formula to pureed or soft foods.

physical

matter

Space-occupying substance with mass

rigidity · hardness · incompressibility · cohesion · state · phase · particle · molecule · atom · structure

geometric

cube

Six-squared-faced solid

cylinder · pyramid · cone · polyhedron · octahedron · dodecahedron · icosahedron · vertex · edge · face

crystalline

quartz

Crystalline silicon dioxide

crystal · facet · symmetry · geode · amethyst · sapphire · ruby · emerald · snowflake · ice

material

rock

Solid earthen material

  • metalHard conductive solid
  • woodTree-derived building material
  • plasticCapable of being molded

glass · concrete · brick · ceramic · stone · marble · granite · steel · iron · copper

food

weaning

Gradual dietary independence

  • pureeSmoothly blended food
  • mashCrushed soft mixture
  • cerealProcessed grain for breakfast

rice · banana · avocado · tofu · lentils · vegetables · fruits · finger foods · texture · chewing

Categories
Opposites
states of matter

solidsliquids

Matter that flows

gases · fluids · vapors · plasmas · solutions

TEXTURE/CONSISTENCY (food/substance)

solidsliquids

Matter that flows

fluids · purées · mushes · slurries · pastes

GEOMETRY (solid shapes vs. planar)

solidsplanes

Aircraft or flat surfaces

surfaces · polygons

Phrases
Family

solid, solidify, solidity, solidified, solidifying, solidifies, solidness, solidification, solid-state

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G