semisolid

1. 1.

   partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid

   “a semisolid mixture”

   Similarsolid

Questions about semisolid

What does semisolid mean?

semisolid means "partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid".

How many syllables are in semisolid?

semisolid has 4 syllables and divides as se-mi-so-lid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is semisolid a common word?

semisolid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.