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solid
Adjective
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If something is solid, it is hard and keeps its shape.
When he went out in the morning, the water had frozen solid.
After it has cooled, the solid gold is moved to a safer place.
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If something is solid mathx/math, its only material is mathx/math.
Copper mixed with silver made a much cheaper spoon than solid silver.
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If something is solid, it has not spaces inside or between.
The traffic was a solid line of cars as far as you could see.
The wall looked solid, but when he knocked it made a hollow sound.
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If something is solid, it is good and will not break or change easily.
Don't worry about the chair. It's solid as a rock.
The police had enough solid evidence to put him in jail.
solid
Noun
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A solid is a material which keeps its shape. It is not a liquid (like water) or a gas (like air).
fault
Noun
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If something is your fault, you did something wrong or didn't do something right.
It doesn't matter whose fault it is, let's work together to make it right.
I'm sorry. It's my fault. I forgot to turn it off.
It's clear that both sides are at fault.
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A fault is a problem or a mistake.
We found a few faults in the plan, but we'll fix them later.
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A fault in your character is something about you that is not nice or good.
The other girls thought that her only fault was that she was really stupid.
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A fault is a long crack in the earth.
The earthquake occurred near the San Andreas fault.
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In sports like tennis or volleyball, a fault is hitting the ball in the wrong way, or to or from the wrong place.
fault
Verb
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If you fault somebody for something bad, you say they did something wrong or didn't do something right.
You can't fault him for not knowing about the change.