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SOLIDIFIED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does solidified mean?
• SOLIDIFIED (adjective)
The adjective SOLIDIFIED has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SOLIDIFIED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changed into a solid mass
Synonyms:
coagulated; solidified
Similar:
solid (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous)
Context examples
Fear responses returned in animals if the training began more than 6 hours after re-exposure, when the memory had apparently already solidified.
(How Our Memory Works, NIH, US)
A new study by University of Wyoming researchers suggests scientists can go back to the past to study present-day solidified magma chambers where the erosion has removed overlying rock, exposing granite underpinnings.
(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)
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