semifluid

American  

[sem-ee-floo-id, sem-ahy-] / ˌsɛm iˈflu ɪd, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

adjective

1. imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.

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noun

1. a semifluid substance.

semifluid British  

/ ˌsɛmɪˈfluːɪd /

adjective

1. having properties between those of a liquid and those of a solid

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noun

1. a substance that has such properties because of high viscosity

   tar is a semifluid

Other Word Forms

• semifluidity
  noun

Etymology

Origin of semifluid

First recorded in 1725–35; semi- + fluid

Example Sentences

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semifluid

With a heavy splash her burden fell from her back and commenced to settle slowly into the semifluid ooze.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few minutes after the food enters, the stomach secretes hydrochloric acid and pepsin which digest the food into a sour semifluid called chyme.

From Time Magazine Archive

This fatty substance is at first semifluid and yellow, but afterwards acquires the consistency of pomade and becomes darker.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

This semifluid lining is protoplasm, which thus constitutes a kind of bag, full of a limpid liquid, and roughly corresponding in form with the interior of the hair which it fills.

From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various

The sac broke two days later, smearing the bottom of the turtle's dish with semifluid yolk.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.