chink vs solid

chink

noun
  • A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink. 

  • A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening. 

  • A chip or dent in something metallic. 

  • A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. 

  • A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system. 

verb
  • To crack; to open. 

  • To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 

  • To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. 

  • To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching. 

  • To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk. 

solid

noun
  • A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). 

  • An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout. 

  • Food which is not liquid-based. 

  • A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). 

  • A favor. 

adj
  • Financially well off; wealthy. 

  • Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed. 

  • Strong or unyielding. 

  • Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious. 

  • That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma. 

  • Hearty; filling. 

  • Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens. 

  • Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials. 

  • Large in size, quantity, or value. 

  • Of a single color throughout. 

  • Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps. 

  • Excellent, of high quality, or reliable. 

  • Sound; not weak. 

  • United; without division; unanimous. 

adv
  • Solidly. 

  • Without spaces or hyphens. 

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