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Liquid

/ˈlɪkwɪd/

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 of "Liquid"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

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

  2. 2

    A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

adjective
  1. 1

    Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

    "liquid nitrogen"

  2. 2

    (of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

  3. 3

    (of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

  4. 4

    Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

    "a liquid melody"

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