semiliquid

[sem-ee-lik-wid, sem-ahy-]

adjective

1. semifluid.

Other Word Forms

• semiliquidity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of semiliquid¹

First recorded in 1675–85; semi- + liquid

Example Sentences

With traditional bonds offering paltry returns, retail investors have piled billions into a new breed of semiliquid funds that promise market-beating yields.

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Francis has graduated from a liquid to a semiliquid diet and had no fever, according to his medical staff.

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Some weather terms, like New England’s “mud season,” when melting snow turns roads and trails to a semiliquid state, are self-explanatory.

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Clay, mixed with enough water to be semiliquid: the potters called it “slip.”

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The cupboard was too warm, the butter is semiliquid.

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Related Words

• muddy 
• spongy 
• squishy