SOL (soles)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: soles   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sol mean? 

• SOL (noun)
  The noun SOL has 3 senses:

1. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

2. (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios

3. the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

  Familiarity information: SOL used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

colloidal solution; colloidal suspension; sol

Hypernyms ("sol" is a kind of...):

colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

so; soh; sol

Hypernyms ("sol" is a kind of...):

solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)

 Context examples 

It has round feet with very hard soles.

(German Shepherd Dog, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by hyperkeratosis in the palms and soles resulting in abnormal thickening of the skin in these areas.

(Epidermolytic Palmoplantar Keratoderma, NCI Thesaurus)

Twice he was walking, and once he ran swiftly, so that the soles are deeply marked and the heels hardly visible.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hair grows all over your body except on your lips, palms, and the soles of your feet.

(Hair Problems, NIH)

As he spoke he raised his two feet, with the bow-stave upon their soles, and his cord twanged with a deep rich hum which might be heard across the valley.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It appears in childhood as redness on the palms and soles which progresses to well demarcated, thickened, yellowish and waxy lesions.

(Diffuse Palmoplantar Keratoderma, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by a widely distributed, well-demarcated hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles.

(Diffuse Palmoplantar Keratoderma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Corns usually appear on the tops or sides of toes while calluses form on the soles of feet.

(Corns and Calluses, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

The soles had shed themselves bit by bit, and the upper leathers had broken and burst until the very shape and form of shoes had departed from them.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The grooves in the outermost layer of skin on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet where sweat glands open.

(Epidermal Ridge, NCI Thesaurus)