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		Definition of semi-solid in English: semi-solidadjectivesɛmɪˈsɒlɪd Highly viscous; slightly thicker than semi-fluid.  Example sentencesExamples -  According to its water content, a soil may exist in the liquid, plastic, semi-solid, or solid state.
 -  Due to its natural semi-solid consistency, palm oil does not need to go through the hydrogenation process which creates trans-fatty acids.
 -  Solid or semi-solid manure can be mechanically scraped.
 -  An embolism can happen when something solid, semi-solid or gaseous is travelling in your bloodstream and gets stuck.
 -  Many cyclists and triathletes need a change of taste when training and competing, and gels provide a semi-solid answer to this dilemma.
 -  The crude oil, known as concrete, is semi-solid at ordinary temperature because of a large amount of higher fatty acids, chiefly palmitic acid.
 -  But common sense would indicate that consuming liquid or semi-solid choices - a concentrated carbohydrate drink, sports drink or gel - might be easier to digest that a bowl of lentils.
 -  Only one day after his voyage ended on the reef, Mr Taurae was already taking semi-solid food and trying to strengthen his legs after more than four months aboard his 25-foot boat.
 -  If the puzukku is too thick add a little more water and make it semi-solid.
 -  These lavas are inferred to have solidified under a semi-solid carapace.
 -  Oleoresins are liquids with a consistency varying from that of vegetable oil to a semi-solid paste.
 -  The openings permit solid and semi-solid bodily exudates to pass through the top sheet to the absorbent core as the diaper is worn.
 -  Fat droplets, air bubbles and ice crystals are all dispersed in a thick sugar solution to form the semi-solid, frozen and aerated matrix that we know so well.
 -  Occasionally, we stepped into some sort of semi-solid substance.
 -  The form of a food - solid, semi-solid or liquid - may greatly influence satiety signals.
 -  Hydrogenation turns oils into semi-solid fats that are resistant to spoilage and thus give products a longer shelf life.
 -  Stored liquids should be only a small fraction of the storage capacity because successful solid and semi-solid storages require excess liquids to be drained off.
 -  Mixed digesters are usually used with liquid manure, and plug-flow digesters are best loaded with semi-solid manure.
 -  During the 1830s a French pharmacist devised a mechanism for making soft-gelatin capsules which could then be filled - usually with unpalatable, oily, or semi-solid medicaments that could not easily be made into pills.
 -  Each sliced pickle was carefully placed on the sandwich so that there was a semi-solid layer of pickle across the entire sandwich.
 
  Synonyms firm, stiff, stiffened, heavy     |