Liquid

/ˈlɪk.wɪd/ · noun

Meaning

(physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid..

Definitions by Sense

1. (physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
2. (phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
3. (physical chemistry) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
4. (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
5. (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
6. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
7. (phonology) Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
8. Fluid and transparent.

Example Sentences

A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.

The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.

Many female forenames are regarded as euphonyms. What is and is not euphonious is necessarily subjective, but it could be suggested that names containing labials (b, m), sibilants (s, sh) and liquids (l, r) are more likely to be euphonyms than those that do not.

[…]-able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]

liquid nitrogen

a liquid melody

/l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.

the liquid air

Synonyms for liquid

Antonyms for liquid

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Word Forms

• liquids
• more liquid
• most liquid

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