liquid

Noun

1. (countable, physical, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Adj

1. (physical) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
2. Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
3. Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
4. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
5. Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
6. Fluid and transparent.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪkwɪd/

Etymology

From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).

Synonyms

fluid

water

🚰

juice

sap

watery

drink

🥤

liquor

smooth

bright

clear

lotion

melted

limpid

runny

liquified

fluent

flowing

liquefied

liquidness

liquidity

liquid state

swimming

🏊

viscous

juicy

solution

running

🏃

moisture

river

glaring

fusible

debonaire

fresh water

debonair

cash

💸

dank

fair

facile

damp

calm

beverage

ebb

melt

drinking water

creek

meltable

liquefy

melting

mineral water

moist

distilled water

Sentences

The furnaces shut down and the liquid glass cooled and hardened .